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Cast Set For Sally Wainwright’s Brontë Sisters Drama ‘To Walk Invisible’
“Happy Valley” creator Sally Wainwright is making a one-off BBC drama based on the Brontë sisters and she has set her cast. Emily Brontë, who wrote “Wuthering Heights,” will be played by...
‘Sherlock’ Getting Its First Female Director
In what is some rather ridiculous news, Variety is reporting that “Sherlock” is getting its first female director…ever. Season 4 of the hit BBC series. which stars Benedict Cumberbatch as the...
Trailer Watch: J.K. Rowling’s Nightmarish English Village Miniseries ‘The Casual Vacancy’
The trailer for BBC One’s miniseries adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy begins on an idyllic note, presenting a quaint, seemingly picture-perfect British village filled with lovely...
UK Government Hires First Woman Head of BBC
As Geena Davis once noted, “It’s ridiculous that we would have the first woman anything in the 21st century.” And yet here we are with the rather welcome news that Rona Fairhead has been...
BBC, Directors UK Launch Workshops to Help Women Directors Find Work
Remember the “cast-iron ceiling” for women directors in the British film industry that Sally Potter mentioned last week? The BBC and Directors UK (Britain’s version of the DGA) are taking a...