This Deadline feature, now in its third year, seeks to spotlight the work of the buzziest new British writers in the business.
This eclectic bunch may have different voices, but they all share something in common: They made their mark 2022 and there is the promise of much more to come.
They will soon boast credits on major new projects, including Ewan McGregor series A Gentleman In Moscow and Apple TV+ drama Criminal Record, with many striving to become showrunners in their own right.
Scroll on for our rundown of the five Rising Writers to watch out for in 2023.
Jack Rooke
Jack Rooke had been on the radar of TV executives for years, but it wasn’t until 2022 that he made good on the promise so many saw.
His charming comedy series Big Boys landed fully formed on Channel 4 last summer, tenderly depicting the early university days of a gay...
This eclectic bunch may have different voices, but they all share something in common: They made their mark 2022 and there is the promise of much more to come.
They will soon boast credits on major new projects, including Ewan McGregor series A Gentleman In Moscow and Apple TV+ drama Criminal Record, with many striving to become showrunners in their own right.
Scroll on for our rundown of the five Rising Writers to watch out for in 2023.
Jack Rooke
Jack Rooke had been on the radar of TV executives for years, but it wasn’t until 2022 that he made good on the promise so many saw.
His charming comedy series Big Boys landed fully formed on Channel 4 last summer, tenderly depicting the early university days of a gay...
- 1/1/2023
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Peter Capaldi, the former Doctor Who star, is to direct a comedy-drama pilot for Sky Studios about a mother who adopts five children.
Capaldi will helm They F**k You Up, which is based on Sarah Naish’s memoir But He Looks So Normal: A Bad-Tempered Parenting Guide for Adopters and Foster Parents.
The non-broadcast pilot will shoot early next year and is made by Tod Productions, the Stv Studios-backed company founded by Vera producer Elaine Collins, and Sky Studios. The project was originally developed for the BBC.
They F**k You Up is written by Thomas Eccleshare, whose debut drama Witness Number Three aired this year on Channel 5, the UK broadcaster owned by Paramount.
Eccleshare, who collaborated with Tod and Capaldi on their upcoming Apple TV+ series Criminal Record, said the Sky Studios project was a “funny, honest and caustic” look at parenting. Naish adopted five children...
Capaldi will helm They F**k You Up, which is based on Sarah Naish’s memoir But He Looks So Normal: A Bad-Tempered Parenting Guide for Adopters and Foster Parents.
The non-broadcast pilot will shoot early next year and is made by Tod Productions, the Stv Studios-backed company founded by Vera producer Elaine Collins, and Sky Studios. The project was originally developed for the BBC.
They F**k You Up is written by Thomas Eccleshare, whose debut drama Witness Number Three aired this year on Channel 5, the UK broadcaster owned by Paramount.
Eccleshare, who collaborated with Tod and Capaldi on their upcoming Apple TV+ series Criminal Record, said the Sky Studios project was a “funny, honest and caustic” look at parenting. Naish adopted five children...
- 12/30/2022
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Sales
Collective Media Group and Entourage Sports and Entertainment‘s soccer documentary feature “Brazil 2002: The Real Story,” recounting the story of the 2002 World Cup on its 20th anniversary, has sold a raft of territories worldwide. The film uses six hours of unseen archive material shot by Brazilian soccer player Juliano Belletti during the tournament, and also features interviews with Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Cafu and Gilberto Silva from the World Cup winning Brazil team; and, from the opposing teams across the tournament, David Beckham, Michael Owen, Oliver Kahn, Hasan Şaş and Marc Wilmots as well as referee Pierluigi Collina.
FIFA has taken the film for its own streamer FIFA+, for territories including Asia (excluding Japan), Turkey and New Zealand. This is complemented by deals confirmed by distribution partner Abacus Media Rights including: Canal+ Group for Canal+ Foot and myCanal (France); Sky Deutschland; Sky Italia; Dbs Satellite Services (Israel and West Bank...
Collective Media Group and Entourage Sports and Entertainment‘s soccer documentary feature “Brazil 2002: The Real Story,” recounting the story of the 2002 World Cup on its 20th anniversary, has sold a raft of territories worldwide. The film uses six hours of unseen archive material shot by Brazilian soccer player Juliano Belletti during the tournament, and also features interviews with Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Cafu and Gilberto Silva from the World Cup winning Brazil team; and, from the opposing teams across the tournament, David Beckham, Michael Owen, Oliver Kahn, Hasan Şaş and Marc Wilmots as well as referee Pierluigi Collina.
FIFA has taken the film for its own streamer FIFA+, for territories including Asia (excluding Japan), Turkey and New Zealand. This is complemented by deals confirmed by distribution partner Abacus Media Rights including: Canal+ Group for Canal+ Foot and myCanal (France); Sky Deutschland; Sky Italia; Dbs Satellite Services (Israel and West Bank...
- 9/13/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Bodyguard star Nina Toussaint-White is to lead a Channel 5 thriller from Deceit producer Story Films.
Toussaint-White will play Jodie in Witness No.3, a single mum who runs a hairdressing salon. One day at work, Jodie momentarily glances out of the window and in a split second her life descends into freefall. What she notices seems innocuous – two men walking on the opposite side of the road – but she’s actually witnessed a killer and his victim moments before a murder.
Joining the ensemble cast are Sion Daniel Young, Clare Dunne Ruaridh Mollica and Sue Johnston.
Filming in Ireland, the thriller from up-and-coming writer Thomas Eccleshare is the latest from the Viacom-owned UK broadcaster, which has been ramping up its drama offering following the success of the All Creatures Great and Small reboot and thrillers like The Drowning...
Toussaint-White will play Jodie in Witness No.3, a single mum who runs a hairdressing salon. One day at work, Jodie momentarily glances out of the window and in a split second her life descends into freefall. What she notices seems innocuous – two men walking on the opposite side of the road – but she’s actually witnessed a killer and his victim moments before a murder.
Joining the ensemble cast are Sion Daniel Young, Clare Dunne Ruaridh Mollica and Sue Johnston.
Filming in Ireland, the thriller from up-and-coming writer Thomas Eccleshare is the latest from the Viacom-owned UK broadcaster, which has been ramping up its drama offering following the success of the All Creatures Great and Small reboot and thrillers like The Drowning...
- 11/4/2021
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
BBC Three will debut nine comedy pilots on iPlayer as part of this year's Comedy Feeds.
Ashley Walters (Top Boy) and Kayvan Novak (Fonejacker) are among the actors involved in the project, which will launch exclusively through the on-demand service in July.
The Comedy Feeds are now in their third year following two successful runs, which saw BBC Three commission full series of People Just Do Nothing, Nick Helm's Heavy Entertainment and Impractical Jokers.
Among the nine pilots is In Deep, which follows two junior police officers on an undercover operation that goes wrong. Walters stars alongside Adam Deacon (Kidulthood) in the comedy, which has been written by Tom Joseph and Thomas Eccleshare.
Meanwhile, Novak has written and stars in Parents' Evening, a multi-character comedy set over the course of one evening in a school.
Shane Allen, Controller of BBC Comedy, said: "This exciting range of shows and new...
Ashley Walters (Top Boy) and Kayvan Novak (Fonejacker) are among the actors involved in the project, which will launch exclusively through the on-demand service in July.
The Comedy Feeds are now in their third year following two successful runs, which saw BBC Three commission full series of People Just Do Nothing, Nick Helm's Heavy Entertainment and Impractical Jokers.
Among the nine pilots is In Deep, which follows two junior police officers on an undercover operation that goes wrong. Walters stars alongside Adam Deacon (Kidulthood) in the comedy, which has been written by Tom Joseph and Thomas Eccleshare.
Meanwhile, Novak has written and stars in Parents' Evening, a multi-character comedy set over the course of one evening in a school.
Shane Allen, Controller of BBC Comedy, said: "This exciting range of shows and new...
- 6/20/2014
- Digital Spy
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