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.
EXCLUSIVE: Dom Bird, Amazon MGM Studios' UK unscripted chief, is exiting after seven years to launch a production company.
Bird, one of the masterminds behind the smash hit Gladiators revival for the BBC, is launching EarlyBird while remaining in the Amazon stable by striking a first-look studio…
EXCLUSIVE: Another senior departure has hit Hearst Networks EMEA.
Kelly Hornsby, the Kursk: 10 Days That Shaped Putin channel group’s popular program acquisitions chief, is exiting after more than a decade buying shows for networks like Sky History and Crime+Investigation, sources tell…
EXCLUSIVE: Milly Bell, InterTalent's Head of Creators who reps the likes of Nella Rose and Grace Dent, is exiting the London agency after five years.
Bell is leaving to set up a new venture, with details still being ironed out.
She has been at InterTalent since 2021. She joined as an agent…
Paramount's Channel 5 (now 5) has unveiled plans for coverage of its first Super Bowl in more than 20 years.
5 has taken over American football coverage in the UK this season and will broadcast live from Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, CA for the New England Patriots vs Seattle Seahawks NFL title…
Full trailer for Lionsgate's Michael Jackson biopic Michael is here as we approach April 24 release date.
“You are confident. You are strong. You are beautiful. You are the greatest of all time,” the trailer begins as we see the King of Pop elevate from nothing to something overlaid with a…
The soon-to-depart Bob Iger avoided getting too “nostalgic” during today’s Disney Q1 results call but he did have some words of wisdom for his probable successor, who Bloomberg reported overnight is likely to be Parks boss Josh D’Amaro.
“Preserving the status quo” would be a “mistake,” Iger…
Two of Jack Thorne's recent projects have a fair bit in common.
Thorne told a screening last week of his adaptation of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies that, “A bit of Golding slipped into Adolescence and a bit of Adolescence slipped into Golding,” according to reports from the screening…
New audio footage from before Michael Jackson's trial more than 20 years ago have revealed shocking remarks the singer made about his relationship with children.
The audio can be heard across the four episodes of Channel 4's Michael Jackson: The Trial, which launches Wednesday at 9 p.m. GMT (1…
EXCLUSIVE: We have first footage of a 21-year-old King Charles III (then just a humble Prince) delivering one of his very first speeches about what was to become one of his biggest passion projects, the environment.
The footage from more than 50 years ago comes via Prime Video's Finding Harmony…
EXCLUSIVE: A UK Prime Minister’s first trip to China in eight years could lead to a boon for the UK and Chinese animation industries.
Keir Starmer's controversial trip to China this week was taken with a delegation of 60 companies including one sole representative of the UK TV and film…
French giant Mediawan, which already owns Brad Pitt’s Plan B, has confirmed it is to acquire Peter Chernin's The North Road Company.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed but the pair said they are creating a unit of nearly 100 production companies representing more than $2B in annual…
EXCLUSIVE: Melissa George has signed with Conway van Gelder Grant (CVGG).
The Golden Globe-nommed Australian star will be repped by John Grant and Kat Oliver at CVGG. She continues to be managed globally by Inspire Entertainment, Sue Muggleton at Cameron’s Management, and Mitch Smelkinson…