‘The Traitors’ Host Claudia Winkleman Wins Edinburgh Award
The Traitors host Claudia Winkleman is to obtain the Outstanding Achivement Award at this yr’s Edinburgh TV Festival. Winkleman has been a BBC stalwart for years and has been internet hosting smash hit Strictly Come Dancing since its inception 20 years in the past. More not too long ago, she hosted BBC breakout The Traitors, successful over audiences and awards juries for her heat, mild contact strategy. She additionally hosts Channel 4’s The Piano and a BBC Radio 2 weekend present. Winkleman will obtain her award throughout an In Conversation with Kirsty Young to debate her profession and highlights from the previous three a long time. “I am humbled and honoured to accept this Outstanding Achievement Award,” she mentioned. “I am ridiculously lucky and work with extraordinary people, so this is actually for them and not for me.” Last yr’s award was received by Motherland and Cunk on Earth star Diane Morgan.
Netflix’s ‘The Kitchen’ Co-Producer Joins House Productions
Netflix’s The Kitchen co-producer Theo Barrowclough has joined Sherwood indie House Productions. Barrowclough takes on the position of Executive Producer for movie at Tessa Ross and Juliette Howell’s BBC Studios-backed firm. He joins from DMC Film, the place credit embody Scrapper starring Triangle of Sadness’ Harris Dickinson and Daniel Kaluuya’s upcoming Netflix film The Kitchen. House’s latest tasks embody Netflix Florence Pugh-starrer The Wonder and James Graham’s Sherwood. “The taste and track record of Tessa and Juliette speaks for itself,” mentioned Barrowclough.
‘All Creatures Great and Small’ Indie Playground Adapting ‘The Hardcares’ For Channel 5
All Creatures Great and Small maker Playground is forging an adaptation of CL Skelton’s Hardacre Saga for Channel 5. The Hardacres chronicles the sweeping rags to riches story of a working class household in Nineties Yorkshire as they transfer from a dirty fish dock to an enormous nation property. Co-produced for PBS Masterpiece, All Creatures has been an enormous hit since being rebooted for the Paramount UK community. It commonly competes with dramas on the BBC and ITV for rankings and is now into its fourth season. Amy Roberts and Loren McLaughlan are penning The Hardacres and filming can be on location in Ireland within the coming weeks. “Playground has a stellar reputation for bringing wonderful stories to life on Channel 5 and we are sure that The Hardacres will continue that success,” mentioned Sebastian Cardwell, Deputy Chief Content Officer for Paramount UK.
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