{"id":10906,"date":"2021-04-06T10:21:38","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T14:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/duck-soup-joins-channel-4s-indie-growth-fund\/"},"modified":"2021-04-06T10:21:38","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T14:21:38","slug":"duck-soup-joins-channel-4s-indie-growth-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2021\/04\/06\/duck-soup-joins-channel-4s-indie-growth-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Duck Soup Joins Channel 4\u2019s Indie Growth Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Duck Soup Films, a Leeds-based production company dedicated to championing the voices of underrepresented talent, will join Channel 4\u2019s Indie Growth Fund.<\/p>\n<p>Duck Soup was founded by Bekki Wray-Rogers, Libby Durdy and Jessica Holyland with an ambition to make fresh, authentic and entertaining TV dramas and feature films.\u00a0Talent associated with projects currently on Duck Soup\u2019s slate includes Theresa Ikoko, Jessica Knappett, Jack Thorne, Marc Munden, Lisa Holdsworth, Grace Ofori-Attah, Daf James, Doc Brown, Sara Dunlop, Will Sharpe and Veronica Gleeson.<\/p>\n<p>Caroline Murphy, head of Channel 4\u2019s Indie Growth Fund, said: \u201cDuck Soup is at a really exciting moment in its development with a growing number of advanced projects on its slate and I\u2019m thrilled the company is joining the Indie Growth Fund.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wray-Rogers said: \u201cWe are delighted that the Growth Fund is investing in us at this crucial stage. 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