{"id":24024,"date":"2025-12-10T12:46:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T17:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/apple-tree-productions-closing-in-2026\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T13:04:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T18:04:48","slug":"apple-tree-productions-closing-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/apple-tree-productions-closing-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Tree Productions Closing in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ITV Studios-backed Apple Tree Productions (<em>Equinox<\/em>, <em>Blackwater<\/em>), run by Piv Bernth and Lars Hermann, will close at the end of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe market for making TV series is becoming increasingly difficult in Denmark, and it has become ever more challenging to maintain and build an economically viable business,\u201d said Bernth and Hermann. \u201cConsequently, we are shifting our focus to concentrate entirely on overseeing the production of our two final drama series, <em>Rivals<\/em> for TV2 Denmark and <em>The Best of Families<\/em> for DR and will no longer be developing or producing new series.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They continued, \u201cWe are very proud of the series we have delivered to our customers and our audiences, and it has been a pleasure to work with all the talented creative filmmakers with whom we have made the series. At the same time, we are deeply grateful for ITV Studios\u2019 support over the years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lisa Perrin, managing director of international productions at ITV Studios, added, \u201cWhilst Apple Tree will continue to produce until the end of 2026, I\u2019d like to take this opportunity to thank Piv and Lars and their team for all they have achieved since joining us in 2017. They have delivered productions of the highest quality and have been fantastic partners for ITV Studios. We wish them all the best for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ITV Studios will continue to represent titles from the Danish company\u2019s catalog, which includes <em>Equinox<\/em>, <em>Baby Fever<\/em>,<em> Chorus Girls<\/em> and <em>Blackwater<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITV Studios-backed Apple Tree Productions (Equinox, Blackwater), run by Piv Bernth and Lars Hermann, will close at the end of 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":24025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[2277,119,11746,7813,3333],"class_list":["post-24024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-apple-tree-productions","tag-itv-studios","tag-lars-hermann","tag-lisa-perrin","tag-piv-bernth","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Apple Tree Productions Closing in 2026 - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/apple-tree-productions-closing-in-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Apple Tree Productions Closing in 2026 - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ITV Studios-backed Apple Tree Productions (Equinox, Blackwater), run by Piv Bernth and Lars Hermann, will close at the end of 2026.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/apple-tree-productions-closing-in-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-10T17:46:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-10T18:04:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/12\/AppleTreeProductions-Logo-1225.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"419\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"258\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/apple-tree-productions-closing-in-2026\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/apple-tree-productions-closing-in-2026\/\",\"name\":\"Apple Tree Productions Closing in 2026 - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-10T17:46:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-10T18:04:48+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/apple-tree-productions-closing-in-2026\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/apple-tree-productions-closing-in-2026\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/apple-tree-productions-closing-in-2026\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Apple Tree Productions Closing in 2026\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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