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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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Channel 4 Launches Investigation Into Rape Allegations On ‘Married At First Sight UK’
Channel 4 has launched an investigation after two women alleged that they were raped by partners they met on hit reality series Married at First Sight UK (MAFS).
The allegations, which are set to air as part of a BBC Panorama documentary on Monday evening, also include a third woman, who claimed…
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David Mitchell & Robert Webb Launch YouTube Channel For ‘Not Helping’ Sketches Plus Original Content
EXCLUSIVE: In a sign of where the industry is headed, beloved UK comedy duo David Mitchell and Robert Webb have launched an “official global YouTube destination” combining their TV sketches with original content.
The @mitchellandwebbofficial channel will initally feature multiple weekly drops…
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Fay Weldon’s Supernatural Novel ‘Puffball’ Being Developed For TV 20 Years After Nicolas Roeg Movie Starring Kelly Reilly & Donald Sutherland
EXCLUSIVE: Nearly 20 years after the Nicolas Roeg movie starring Kelly Reilly and Donald Sutherland, a small screen version of Fay Weldon's supernatural novel Puffball is in development.
Deadline understands Firebird Pictures has optioned the 1980 novel, with Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, an Olivier…
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Seriencamp Unveils Full 2026 Lineup Including ‘Halo’ Showrunner Steven Kane & Vet Hollywood Agent Alan Greenspan, As Artistic Director Says Fest Will Offer Solutions Not “Doom & Gloom”
EXCLUSIVE: Seriencamp 2026 will offer the industry solutions not “doom and gloom,” the artistic director of Germany’s top TV festival has said as he unveils full lineup.
The Cologne-set fest has just rounded out its program and conference strands with Paramount+’s Halo showrunner Steven Kane…
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New BBC Director General Matt Brittin Sets Out Stall To Staff On Day One: “Tough Choices Are Unavoidable” But We Must “Experiment More Bravely” To “Reinvent Public Service Broadcasting For The 21st Century”
New BBC Director General Matt Brittin is not wasting any time on day one, telling staff early Monday morning that the nation’s 100-year-old public broadcaster needs to “experiment more bravely” and that he wants to “reinvent public service broadcasting for the 21st century.”
In a note to staff…
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Russell T. Davies Says His New Show About The Queer Community Reveals The Vitriol Faced By All Minority Groups Today: “A Jew Could Have Written This”
Russell T. Davies' queer Channel 4 drama about “the radicalization of society” and how “the voices that were online are transferring into the real world” could have been written about many different minority groups today, the writer has said.
Davies’ Tip Toe spotlights the LGBTQIA+ experience…
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‘Dear England’ Creator James Graham’s Message To The National Soccer Team: Please Don’t Watch My Show
Dear England creator James Graham is chasing big ratings for the BBC adaptation of his hit stage play, but there’s a handful of people who he’d be quite happy to give it a miss.
Speaking at the launch of of Dear England in London and with the soccer World Cup on the horizon, Graham said the…
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Amazon Unveils Cast For Irish YA Series ‘Boys Of Tommen’ From ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ Studio
Prime Video's latest big YA bet, Boys of Tommen, has set cast.
The romantic drama from The Summer I Turned Pretty studio wiip and Off Campus maker Temple Hill has cast newcomer Nancy Surridge in the lead role of Shannon Lynch, the shy and mysterious new girl at Tommen College. Conor Sánchez (Mix…
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As British Politics Is Plunged Into Chaos, Channel 4 Unveils Timely First Look at Steven Moffat’s ‘Number 10’
EXCLUSIVE: Look away now Keir Starmer.
As the UK Prime Minister’s fragile Labour government is plunged into chaos, Channel 4 has chosen a good day to unveil first looks of Steven Moffat’s political drama Number 10.
The Sherlock co-creator has always been clear that he is not basing the…
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Gangster-Turned-Actor Richie Stephens Lands Role In ‘Tulsa King’ Season 4
EXCLUSIVE: Mayor of Kingstown actor Richie Stephens, a former gangster, is re-teaming with Taylor Sheridan after landing a role in Season 4 of Tulsa King.
Stephens will play English Dan, a rival supplier and mid-level crime boss. He previously played Russian villian Dmitri in Sheridan’s Mayor of…
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‘Black Ops’ Co-Creator Says “Things Are Bubbling” With American Version & Reveals Dream U.S. Leads
“Things are bubbling” with an American version of hit BBC comedy-thriller Black Ops, according to co-creator and star Akemnji Ndifornyen.
Ndifornyen was pretty tight-lipped at the BBC Comedy Festival about the possibility of Hollywood remaking Black Ops, but he implied conversations are taking…
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Separating The Spin-Off From The Original: How The Creators Of ‘Amandaland’ Made BAFTA-Winning Comedy Distinct From ‘Motherland’
The BAFTA-winning creative team behind Amandaland have revealed secrets behind separating the hit BBC spin-off from its origin series, Motherland.
Speaking at the BBC Comedy Festival, co-creator Holly Walsh said the secret lies in the characters, especially the lead, played by Lucy Punch in a…
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