Steve Clarke

• Biz
• 04.03.13 | 07:00AM PT

BBC Worldwide Looks for Steady Sailing at MipTV

By Steve Clarke

BBC Worldwide has reorganized its activities, but to a large extent it will be business as usual at Mip this year for the pubcaster's commercial division.

SEE ALSO: Mip TV Evolves Amid Fond Memories of Past

• Biz
• 04.03.13 | 05:00AM PT

MipTV: BBC's Drama on 'Parade'

By Steve Clarke

Don't tell precocious BBC drama topper Ben Stephenson you can't have your cake and eat it too.

SEE ALSO: Mip TV Evolves Amid Fond Memories of Past

• TV
• 03.19.13 | 07:41AM PT

Naomi Campbell to Star in U.K. Version of 'The Face'

By Steve Clarke

By Steve Clarke LONDON -- Naomi Campbell, the supermodel and businesswoman, is to star in a U.K. version of reality skein "The Face." Show, a co-production between Elisabeth Murdoch's Shine and Prince…

• Biz
• 03.18.13 | 09:07AM PT

U.K. Imposes Tough Controls on Press

By Steve Clarke

British politicians have finally agreed tough new U.K. press regulations that could cost offending newspapers up to £1 million ($1.5 million) in fines.

• Biz
• 03.16.13 | 04:00AM PT

Global Ambition Brings Discovery Fresh Script

By Steve Clarke

LONDON — While Europe continues to grapple with the fallout from the economic crisis, one of the U.S.' best known cable networks is putting the finishing touches on a Continental spending spree that's…

• TV
• 03.13.13 | 06:30AM PT

Murdoch's BSkyB Taps A+E's MacDonald

By Steve Clarke

Rupert Murdoch-controlled U.K. paybox BSkyB has tapped Adam MacDonald as director of its general entertainment channel Sky 1.

• TV
• 03.08.13 | 07:39AM PT

Mark Rylance Set to Star in 'Wolf Hall,' 'Bodies' Adaptation

By Steve Clarke

Mark Rylance is set to play Tudor statesman Thomas Cromwell in the BBC-HBO adaptation of Hilary Mantel's bestsellers "Wolf Hall" and "Bring Up the Bodies."

• TV
• 03.08.13 | 06:56AM PT

Ewan McGregor Adds Voice to 'Islands'

By Steve Clarke

Ewan McGregor will provide the voiceover for a wildlife documentary filmed in the Hebrides islands off the Scottish coast, which will be launched at Cannes television mart MipTV.

• TV
• 03.07.13 | 07:49AM PT

Murdoch's BSkyB Greenlights 'Pandas 3D'

By Steve Clarke

LONDON - Rupert Murdoch's U.K. paybox BSkyB has greenlit natural history film "Pandas 3D" about endangered pandas living in China's Wolong National Nature Reserve.

• TV
• 03.05.13 | 11:42AM PT

'Nixon's the One' for Hat Trick Int'l (EXCLUSIVE)

By Steve Clarke

Hat Trick Intl. has secured distribution rights to dramedy "Nixon's the One," a five-episode skein starring U.S. satirist Harry Shearer as the late U.S. president.