Jamie Stalcup

Channel 4 has ordered Brian and Margaret, written by James Graham (Sherwood, Quiz, Brexit: The Uncivil War), from Baby Cow Productions (This Time with Alan Partridge, Chivalry).

HBO has renewed House of the Dragon for a third season ahead of its second season premiere on June 16.

Beta Film and Number 9 Films have partnered to form the subsidiary Number 9 TV, with Paramount and Cineflix Rights alum Kate Laffey tapped as head of TV.

British playwright and dramatist James Graham (Sherwood, The Way, Quiz, Dear England, Tammy Faye) has been selected to deliver the James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at the 2024 Edinburgh TV Festival.

Lionsgate Television has optioned Adam Ciralsky’s Vanity Fair article “Take No Prisoners” for series development, with The Rookie and The Recruit showrunner Alexi Hawley as creator.

High Country, a new Australian mystery drama from Curio Pictures and Sony Pictures Television, has been acquired by the BBC for BBC iPlayer and TV channels.

AMC Networks has greenlit the third series in its expanding Anne Rice Immortal Universe, Anne Rice’s The Talamasca (w.t.).

Paramount+ UK & Ireland has ordered a series adaptation of Sarah Vaughan’s psychological thriller Little Disasters from Roughcut Television (COMA, Big Boys).

Netflix has unveiled the cast for Chris Chibnall’s The Seven Dials Mystery, an adaptation of the Agatha Christie book of the same name.

Conker Pictures, the scripted company set up by former BBC commissioning editor Tommy Bulfin and former Apple TV+ drama commissioner Kim Varvell, has revealed plans to open Conker Pictures NI in Belfast.