Billions’ Peter Blake on Board for Berlin’s European Drama Lab

Peter Blake, who has served as executive producer and writer on such hits as Billions, Hemlock Grove and Elementary, has been lined up as one of the experts for the MediaXchange/Erich Pommer Institut European Drama Lab in Berlin.

The first module of this year’s Lab is titled The Framework for Successful European TV Drama Series, which runs from May 9 to 14. The second module, The Creative Maze, runs from October 30 to November 5.

Also taking part in the event are Christian Wikander, the director of co-production at Pinewood TV; Jörg Winger, executive producer and creator of Deutschland 83; Lorenzo Gangarossa, the head of international production at Wildside; Liselott Forsman, executive producer (international) at YLE; Eric Welbers, CEO of NDF; and Tatjana Andersson, the head of development at Palladium Fiction.

Nadja Radojevic, the CEO of Erich Pommer Institut, said: “TV drama is more significant than ever before. This calls for highly specialized professionals. The TV Lab has already equipped five generations of alumni with specific skills, valuable knowledge and exclusive insights of how to produce successful TV drama and to remain competitive in the TV production industry. We are now looking forward to the sixth edition with its banner expert lineup and great participants.”

Katrina Wood, the CEO of MediaXchange, commented: “We are delighted to be partnering the Erich Pommer Institut once more to work on the European TV Lab. Working together means that participants benefit from the united skills of two of the leading providers of advanced training in the global media landscape. MediaXchange is also pleased to welcome Peter Blake onto the blue-chip roster of experts that have illuminated the Drama Lab since its conception in 2012.”