The Serpent star Tahar Rahim and Boiling Point’s Izuka Hoyle are leading Prisoner, the Sky thriller series from Matt Charman. The pair are joined by Eddie Marsan (Back to Black, The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe), Catherine McCormack (Lockerbie: A Search for Truth, 28 Weeks Later), Leonie…

Richard McKerrow, a titan of the UK production sector, is leaving The Great British Bake Off outfit Love Productions after 20 years. McKerrow co-founded Love in 2004 and sold the outfit to Sky a decade later. Alongside co-founder Anna Beattie, he was responsible for devising the successful Bake O…

The Gangs of London are getting into position ahead of the Sky and AMC action drama’s third season. A first teaser for the Gareth Evans and Matt Flannery-created show’s third run sees the return of, among others, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù as lead character Elliot Carter, Joe Cole as Sean Wallace, Michelle…

The Day of the Jackal has hit the target for Sky. Eddie Redmayne's glossy assassin series premiered last Thursday in the UK and has tracked down 3M viewers in seven days. Sky said this figure, which includes repeats and streaming on Now, makes The Day of the Jackal its highest-rated…

EXCLUSIVE: Sky Studios has boarded the TV adaptation of Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London and is developing it with Tom Winchester's drama indie Pure Fiction. With Sky Studios attached, the series will bow on Sky in the UK. Deadline understands there is U.S. buyer interest although no confirmed deal…

Rafe Spall (The English, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom) will star opposite Kelly Reilly in Sky’s upcoming crime thriller series Under Salt Marsh. Also joining the cast are Jonathan Pryce (The Crown, Slow Horses), Naomi Yang (Nightsleeper, Wolfe) and Harry Lawtey (Industry, Joker Folie à…

EXCLUSIVE: Game of Thrones alums Kristofer Hivju and Harry Lloyd have boarded Iris, the Sky thriller from Luther creator Neil Cross. Hivju will play Jensen Lind, a tortured genius and brilliant scientist, while Lloyd is Hugo Pym, an immaculately composed mystery man who takes on a senior…

Sky has restructured its content team in the UK following the exit of Zai Bennett. Meghan Lyvers has been handed an expanded Executive Director of Original Scripted role and Phil Edgar-Jones given Executive Director of Original Unscripted. Meanwhile, Poppy Dixon, the highly-rated docs chief…

Former BBC Studios drama boss Priscilla Parish has headed in the opposite direction to Zai Bennett. Parish has joined Sky Studios as Senior Executive Producer in the scripted team, coming soon after it was revealed Bennett is leaving Sky to head up BBC Studios Productions. Parish headed up…

The head of Sky Studios’ editorial content in Italy has spotlighted the challenges behind making a Gomorrah prequel in the highly competitive streaming era. Emanuele Marchesi delved deep into the highly-anticipated next chapter of the hit gang thriller series during an AVPSummit spotlight…

EXCLUSIVE: Mrs Wilson producer Snowed-In Productions has hired Victoria Fea, the former ITV commissioner who co-founded Longboat Pictures. Fea joins Snowed-In as an executive producer in June, reporting to CEO Ruth Kenley-Letts. Her appointment follows the departure of Jenny van der Lande to Big…

EXCLUSIVE: Sky has found its Mozart’s wife for Joe Barton’s upcoming Amadeus series about the world’s most famous composer. Gabrielle Creevy, who has just wrapped Barton’s Black Doves series for Netflix, will star as Constanze opposite Will Sharpe’s Mozart. Constanze was married to Mozart from…