BBC Three Orders Comedy ‘People Just Do Nothing’Team
As BBC Three gears up for tomorrow’s highly-anticipated linear launch, the channel has unveiled a three-part comedy from the team behind People Do Nothing. Peacock Andy is played here People Do Nothing Allan Mustafa, the lead, is a personal trainer at Sportif Leisure and in the middle of an identity crisis. The show is produced by Ben Murray and Steve Stamp, who are both ITV Studios-backed. People Do Nothing The cult hit aired on BBC Three for five seasons and was followed by a film. Japan: People Do Not Do Anything. BBC Three is back on linear TV tomorrow after six-years of being off the air. A schedule was helmed today by RuPaul’s Drag Race UK vs The World.
You can also catch factual drama on the horizon. The Warehouse is the Life. Sally Rooney adaptation Conversations with Friends and factual-entertainment format Are You Hungry for It?UK Industry Issues Mental Health Guidance
ScreenSkills UK and The Film and TV Charity created an industry framework that will help TV and film producers to offer mental health training. Guide for Employers: Mental Health Training The bosses are provided with a variety of resources. They also explore the possibility of other training in relation to the causes of mental disorders. This guidance is informed and supported by White Paper for TrainingScreenSkills, a Screen and TV Charity that made several recommendations in October 2021, will host and maintain the framework for the sector. This framework will be promoted on ScreenSkills’ website and via social media in the weeks ahead. “Our research shows that we need to reassess how we think and talk about mental health and wellbeing in film, TV and cinema,”Alex Pumfrey, Film and TV Charity CEO. The charity launched a campaign last year to help overcome the industry’s long-standing issues with mental health, backed by major broadcasters and super-indies.
Baby Cow Double Hire
Steve Coogan’s Baby Cow indie has hired a Head of Production and Head of Business Affairs. Hsinyi Liu, who previously worked as a Production Executive on the upcoming BBC Ben Whishaw-starring drama Sister, joins Hsinyi in the former role. This Will Hurt. Head of Business Affairs Sarah Crystal was previously doing the same job for immersive entertainment outfit Punchdrunk and will lead on negotiations and management for the indie’s significant UK and global deals. Baby Cow’s slate includes Channel 4 comedy/drama ChivalryCoogan, Sarah Solemani and BBC Comedy wrote “The Other Side of the Mirror”, The Witchfinder From Alan Partridge Rob and Neil Gibbons are the stars of this film. This Country‘s Daisy May Cooper. Liu and Crystal will report to Asha Amster, the BBC Studios-backed indie’Chief Operating Officer.
ITV Studios German Label Windlight Hires Production Chief
ITV Studios’ fledgling German label Windlight Pictures, has hired Andreas Habermaier to head production. He reports to MD Moritz Polkter. Bavaria Filmproduction Head of Production, Habermaier spent three decades in Cologne where he was the Line Producer of many films. TatortMovies for TV and Cinema such as Schneel, Sapphire Blue andEmerald Green Windlight was launched in the last year. Das Boot Polter, an executive, said that the company will soon begin shooting its first project. “Andreas has extensive experience in all areas of production and has realised many outstanding television and cinema projects,”Habermaier, he said.
