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Jesse Whittock
International TV Co-Editor
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Jesse joined Deadline in 2022 from UK TV trade Broadcast, where he had most recently been Insight Editor, overseeing features and long-form reporting. He worked across editing and commissioning and wrote news, features and long-read articles for Broadcast’s monthly magazine and website. A veteran entertainment industry journalist, he has also worked at Television Business International, where he was Editor, and at C21. He is based in London.
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Talpa Studios Names ‘The Traitors’ Co-Creator Jasper Hoogendoorn As Chief Creative Officer
EXCLUSIVE: John de Mol’s Talpa Studios has hired one of the brains behind The Traitors as its Chief Creative Officer.
In a major coup, Jasper Hoogendoorn has joined the company following a role as Creative Director at IDTV, the All3Media-owned producer in the Netherlands that created the original Trai…
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French TV Distributors Pin Hopes On New-Look Paris Screenings In Absence Of MIPTV
EXCLUSIVE: French television program sellers are placing extra impetus on this week’s Paris screenings events with MIPTV no longer on their schedules, with deals secured on new shows such as France 2 drama The Black Widow.
Several sources in French distribution have told Deadline that the third…
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‘The Traitors’: BBC & Studio Lambert Accused Of Being Misleading About Hit Show’s Scottish Roots
EXCLUSIVE: The Traitors is all about backstabbing and accusations, but accusations of deception have now extended to the behind-the-scenes production of the hit show.
The BBC has been accused of painting a “truly shocking picture” when it comes to the number of people working on the show who are…
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Netflix Orders Stop-Motion Animation Series ‘My Melody & Kuromi’ Based On Sanrio Characters
Netflix’s latest Japanese order is My Melody & Kuromi, a stop-motion animation based on Sanrio characters.
The series, directed by Tomoki Misato (Pui Pui Molcar), will roll out in July, and will center on My Melody, a straightforward, cheerful girl who bakes cookies with her mother and cares deeply…
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Italian Journalist Cecilia Sala Freed From Iranian Prison
Italian journalist and podcaster Cecilia Sala has been freed from detention in an Iranian prison, Italy’s government has confirmed.
The office of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has said she is on a flight back to Italy, with the country’s leader personally calling Sala’s parents to inform them of the…
Alan Cumming & Natalie Cassidy Join Cast Of ‘Boarders’ Season 2
Alan Cumming and Natalie Cassidy have been cast in the second season of BBC and Tubi drama series Boarders.
The Traitors host Cumming and EastEnders actress Cassidy will join a cast including leads Josh Tedeku, Jodie Campbell, Sekou Diaby, Myles Kamwendo and Aruna Jalloh in the coming-of-age series…
Jean-Marie Le Pen Dies: French Far-Right Politician Was 96
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the far-right politician who founded France’s National Front party, has died, according to local reports. He was 96.
Le Pen has been in a care facility for “several weeks,” and died at today “surrounded by his loved ones”, the BBC reported quoting his family.
Born in 1928, he…
Buzzy Norwegian Competition Format ‘The Box’ Opened In Europe Ahead Of Launch
New year, new formats for the market.
Seefood TV’s entertainment reality show The Box, a paper format that launched at MIPCOM in Cannes last October, is rolling out on a pair of European countries ahead of its local launch on TV2 in Norway.
RTL Nederlands and TV2 in Denmark have both…
Prime Video Debuts Trailer For ‘Paatal Lok’ Season 2
Prime Video is returning to Nagaland in the first official Season 2 trailer for neo-noir series Paatal Lok.
The well-received Hindi-language crime thriller is returning to Prime Video in India and around the world on January 17, and today launched a trailer that brings viewers back into the world of…
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Michael Carrington, Veteran TV Exec Instrumental In Creation Of ‘Bluey’, Announces Retirement
Michael Carrington, the exec who first backed global kids smash Bluey, is retiring after a storied career.
The former BBC Kids boss held numerous top level roles throughout from the early 1990s through to the 2020s, and had a reputation as one of the most knowledgable in the business, but is best…
Watch Teaser For Malin-Sarah Gozin’s ‘Dead End’, New Dark Comedy Series From Creator Of The Original ‘Bad Sisters’
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a New Year’s teaser for a comically gruesome Euro drama from Bad Sisters co-creator Malin-Sarah Gozin.
Dead End (Dood Spoor) is a six-part drama out of Belgium starring Peter Van den Begin and Elise Schaap about a man with a peculiar eating disorder that makes him a potentially…
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Canadian Actors Union ACTRA Reaches Tentative Production Agreements With CMPA & AQPM
Canada’s actors are set for a new deal with the country’s producers.
Over the holiday period, actors union ACTRA reached a tentative agreement for a new Independent Production Agreement (IPA) with the Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) and the Association Québécoise de la Production…
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