The boss of the Bectu union has urged British broadcasters to have an “open and honest conversation about what the future looks like” with the ailing freelance workforce, while revealing concerns over future U.S. strike action. Positing that the UK TV industry’s freelance community is currently at its lowest ebb …

BBC Making Sarah Everard Documentary The BBC is making a documentary about the investigation into the tragic murder of Sarah Everard, which led to a major reckoning over misogyny and bad behavior in London’s Metropolitan police force. Sarah Everard: The Search For Justice looks into Everard’s murder, how the devastating …

A group of 400 actors, musicians and entertainment execs including Helen Mirren, Liev Schreiber and Gene Simmons have penned an open letter supporting the decision for Israel to remain in the Eurovision Song Contest. Released by non-profit industry org Creative Community for Peace, the letter backs the decision of Eurovision …

EXCLUSIVE: Steve Coogan is bringing his long-gestating Alan Partridge travelog to the BBC. Deadline can reveal that the beloved comedy icon’s latest show, And Did Those Feet.. With Alan Partridge, will see him travel around the nation meeting locals, with the character having come in to some money after a …

‘Clarkson’s Farm’ First-Look & S3 Release Date Unveiled Amazon Prime Video has unveiled images and a May release date for the upcoming Clarkson’s Farm. Pics show the ever-controversial host return to his Diddly Squat farm with compatriots facing daunting challenges. The crops are failing in the severe hot weather, inflation has driven …

ITV Spent $68M On Diverse Shows In 2023 ITV invested £54.2M ($68M) of its Diversity Commissioning Fund last year on shows made by or about people from under-represented backgrounds such as Lenny Henry‘s Three Little Birds. The fund was launched in 2022 with £80M to be spent across three years …

EXCLUSIVE: In October 2023, the British TV drama community was as confused as it was surprised to be told that some of the most well-known production companies in the country were being investigated by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for “suspected anti-competitive behaviour.” For those suddenly finding themselves in …

Good afternoon Insiders, Max Goldbart here bringing you all the news and analysis from another busy week, during which we have been to Spain through Argentina via Berlin. Oh, and there was the small matter of the Oscar noms. Read on, and sign up here. Spain In The Spotlight Courtesy …

EXCLUSIVE: The co-producer of Squid Game: The Challenge is bringing its fixed rig expertise to more genres following the success of the Netflix smash, and has promoted three execs to help with the push. Prolific British unscripted outfit The Garden has nurtured a reputation over the past decade for a …

EXCLUSIVE: Candice Carty-Williams was catapulted to fame by her hit novel Queenie, which made her the first Black author to win a top prize at the British Book Awards, but she tells Deadline adapting for TV has proved a seriously tough task. The Channel 4–Hulu adaptation will air this year …

A producer wryly tells us that they arrived to Channel 4 HQ in late 2023 to discover a boarded-up front, feeling their way around to a narrow door on the side of the building “where there stands a huge f***ing bouncer.” If ever there was a metaphor for the British …

EXCLUSIVE: With the almost impossible-to-believe Post Office scandal bedecking the front of every national newspaper this week, the writer of the ITV smash drama about the saga has said it “tapped into” frustrations with the “politics of the moment.” Gwyneth Hughes, who penned the Toby Jones-starring four-parter, said the team …