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Max Goldbart
International TV Co-Editor
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Max joined Deadline in 2021 and covers the European TV industry, particularly the UK. He spent the previous four years at UK TV trade Broadcast, rising from reporter to chief reporter and focusing on public service broadcasting, the BBC and BBC Studios. He also reported on the British TV sector's diversity push and efforts to end bullying and harassment. He has regularly appeared in the national media on a variety of TV topics and has freelanced for a number of UK trade mags along with global free speech publication Index on Censorship.
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‘Celebrity Traitors’ Returns With Biggest Ever Launch Ep Of Nearly 9 Million Viewers
The BBC’s Celebrity Traitors launch has become one of the most highly-anticipated of the year and a colossal 8.9 million viewers tuned in last night. They watched an opener of high high drama, and a little bit of eccentric comedy.
No spoilers in this article – check out our recap here – but per…
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BBC Gives First Look At ‘The Last Detectives’ Crime Drama From Matthew Barry, Nicola Shindler
EXCLUSIVE: The BBC is betting big on Matthew Barry's The Last Detectives to be its next breakout crime drama and we’ve got first look.
Previously called Old Town Murders, The Last Detectives is produced by Nicola Shindler and stars Mark Lewis-Jones, Steffan Rhodri, Bethan-Mary James, Jordan…
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Warner Bros. Discovery Strikes Mega Content Deal With UK’s ITV For TLC & Quest Shows Like ‘Mock The Week’, ‘Dr. Pimple Popper’, ‘Salvage Hunters’
Now that the $110B mega-merger is complete, thoughts will soon turn to what happens to Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery's (WBD) various international outposts.
For now, WBD UK & Ireland has revealed a first-of-its-kind content partnership with UK net ITV.
From today, 2,000 hours of…
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Banijay Officially Unveils New Sales Team Led By Cathy Payne With Five Key Lieutenants
With its new catalogue of more than 250,000 hours of content since the All3Media merger, Banijay Entertainment has set out the shape of its sales team under chief Cathy Payne.
Payne’s five Banijay Rights lieutenants will be Matt Creasey, Senior Executive Vice President, World excluding EMEA…
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Nick Curwin, Founder Of British Production Houses Dragonfly & The Garden, Retiring From Indie Incubator Matisse
Nick Curwin, who founded two storied British production houses and went on to run indie incubator Matisse, is retiring.
Matisse, which has backed indies including Dan Grabiner’s Orchard Studios and SNL UK lead producer James Longman’s Jolly Octupus, will be run by co-founder Scarlett Ewens and…
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HBO Max Developing Spanish Series About Mysterious Tor Mountain Community Produced By ‘La Bola Negra’ Directors
La Bola Negra directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi are executive producing an HBO Max TV series development about the Tor remote mountain community.
The Javis, whose Cannes award-winning movie has been selected as Spain’s Oscar entry, are EPing the project from Goya winners Fran Araújo and…
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‘Doctor Who’: Multiple BBC Studios Labels Likely To Apply For Tender
EXCLUSIVE: At least one BBC Studios indie will be throwing its hat in the ring to become the next producer of Doctor Who, with scripted boss Jamie Hall telling Deadline he “firmly believes” the entire BBC group should “reap the rewards” of the iconic sci-fi series.
Hall said “we’ve probably got…
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Callum Scott Howells & Gabrielle Creevy Leading Adaptation Of Vanessa Savage Thriller ‘The Night They Vanished’ For BBC Studios & Channel 4
EXCLUSIVE: It’s a Sin star Callum Scott Howells and Gabrielle Creevy (Black Doves) are leading an adaptation of Vanessa Savage’s romantic thriller The Night They Vanished for BBC Studios and Channel 4.
Cameras have rolled in Wales on the six-part series that tells the story of Anna (Creevy)…
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BBC Studios Scripted Boss Spotlights Strategy Behind Indie & Talent Deals: “We’re Not Going To Spend Millions Buying A Production Company”
EXCLUSIVE: BBC Studios' scripted chief has laid out his strategy for future indie and talent investments that will shy away from “going out and spending £20M ($26.5M) on a production company.”
Speaking exclusively with Deadline for his first interview since taking on the Scripted MD role, Jamie…
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Channel 4 Teaming With Stroke Association On Doc Series Spotlighting Young People Recovering From Strokes
EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4 is teaming with the Stroke Association on a documentary sereis looking at young people living with the aftermath of a stroke.
Trauma: My Broken Brain follows three young survivors through the most frightening days of their lives and the grueling journey back to…
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Graham Norton Says It’s Getting Harder To Launch Talk Shows: “I Feel Like We Might End Up Being The Last Chat Show On Planet Earth”
British chat show host Graham Norton has said booking top guests is getting harder as studios and record labels “focus all their energy into other places and platforms,” as he ponders how difficult it has become to launch talk shows.
Taylor Swift’s bestie Norton said it is “very hard to stay…
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‘Dreaming Whilst Black’ Co-Creator Says There Is Huge Disparity Between American & British Comedy Budgets
Adjani Salmon, co-creator and star of Dreaming Whilst Black, has said he can earn more writing an American comedy pilot than for two full seasons of a BBC show in the UK.
Salmon made the admission on an RTS London Convention panel, during which a discussion emerged over a perceived lack of…
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