Ewan McGregor saw the strike coming in June, just as filming on his Paramount+ series A Gentleman in Moscow was nearing the finish line.  Like McGregor’s character, a Russian aristocrat under house arrest in a Soviet hotel, the shoot had nowhere to go. Continuing to film without a leading man …

EXCLUSIVE: BBC employees failed to express complete confidence in the corporation’s bullying and harassment processes just weeks before the Huw Edwards scandal plunged the corporation into turmoil. The BBC’s annual staff survey, which was finalized in May, showed that 38% of 16,622 employees questioned did not endorse the statement: “I …

Channel 4 executive pay soared to record highs last year amid industry fury over salaries for senior leaders at the UK commercial broadcaster. Bumper pay packets were expected for 2022, but Channel 4’s annual report lays bare how much its top team earned as they fought off privatization and delivered …

The mystery BBC presenter at the heart of a sex pictures scandal has been the subject of fresh allegations on Sunday amid a growing crisis for Britain’s national broadcaster. Tabloid newspaper The Sun alleged that the unnamed star appeared in a video call with a teenager in his underwear. It …

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC is facing growing pressure to find a resolution for five seasoned female presenters, many of whom have been unable to work for months amid a merger of the corporation’s UK and international news channels. The women have not presented on the BBC News channel since March and …

EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4’s television audience sunk to a record low in May amid a painful period for the British broadcaster, which is cutting costs as it navigates a cratering ad market. Channel 4’s main network audience share stood at 4.48% last month, which is said to be the worst four-week …

EXCLUSIVE: Jack Thorne is a writer at the peak of his powers, so there are probably few people who can shred his nerves when they comment on his scripts. Sharon Horgan happens to be one such person. The BAFTA-winning Bad Sisters and Catastrophe creator was not wielding a pen on …

EXCLUSIVE: Chris Shaw has left the building. The Oscar-nominated British news executive is calling it quits after an on-off love affair with news producer ITN that has spanned 40 years, affording him a front-row seat to the biggest stories of his generation. Semi-retirement beckons, but not before a valedictory interview. …

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC is considering a U-turn on closing BBC4 as a television channel amid solid ratings and a backlash against cuts at the corporation. The BBC said last year that it would shut down BBC4’s linear channel and move the brand online from 2025 as part of plans to …

EXCLUSIVE: The British Film Institute, one of the UK’s most powerful movie funding bodies, admitted to a filmmaker of color last year that it is “systemically racist” after apologizing for how it handled his long-running complaint over alleged discrimination. The BFI is making changes to its complaints procedures and has …

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC failed to totally heed recommendation in 2020 that would have helped the broadcaster keep away from a weekend of carnage over a single tweet from Gary Lineker, its highest-paid presenter. A assessment of the BBC’s social media pointers three years in the past beneficial that it particularly …

EXCLUSIVE: Squid Game: The Problem confronted an unbiased security evaluation after contestants on the Netflix actuality collection required medical consideration throughout filming. Britain’s Well being and Security Government — or HSE as it’s extra generally recognized — reminded producers to plan correctly for threat on the recreation of the blockbuster …