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- Below The Line Agency WPA Expands Teams In London & LA With June Dowad, Daniel Starikov Hires January 27, 2022EXCLUSIVE: Hollywood and London-based below the line agency WPA is expanding its international and domestic teams with the hires of June Dowad and Daniel Starikov. Veteran agent Dowad has joined the WPA UK office as Partner. She joins from Sandra Marsh & Associates in Los Angeles. Starikov, most recently at Anonymous Content, has joined WPA’s […]
- Barry Cryer Dies: ‘I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue’ Stalwart & Prolific Writer For Brit Comedians Was 86 January 27, 2022Barry Cryer, the much loved British comedian and TV writer, has died at the age of 86. Cryer was most known on UK shores for being a founding member and consistent panellist on long-running BBC Radio 4 surreal comedy show I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue, first appearing when it launched in April 1972 (and […]
- ‘Nautilus’ Producer Moonriver TV Expands; Denmark’s TV2 Greenlights Shaolin Warrior Format; Fremantle Picks Up Korea’s ‘DNA Singer’; Noah Signs Business &Legal Affairs Boss – Global Briefs January 27, 2022‘Nautilus’ Producer Moonriver TV Expands Exec Team Moonriver TV, the producer behind Disney+’s upcoming Jules Verne adaptation Nautilus, has signed Around The World In 80 Days indie Slim Film + Television’s Head of Production Lincia Daniel, while promoting Casey Herbert. Daniel, who has also worked on CBBC series Mystic, joins as Exec Producer, with Herbert promoted to Senior […]
- ScreenSkills, ITV & ‘The Responder’ Producer Dancing Ledge Unveil Next Generation Of Writing Talent; Former ‘Skins’ Star Makes Mentor Scheme January 27, 2022EXCLUSIVE: A former Skins star, a Criminal Defence Solicitor and a TV writer have been selected for training body ScreenSkills third New Writers Programme delivered by The Responder producer Dancing Ledge Productions. Larissa Hope, Abigail Rolling and Jess Jackson will be paired with New Girl writer Camilla Blackett, Unforgotten scribe Chris Lang and The Long Song’s Sarah Williams respectively, with a fourth unannounced […]