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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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Sally Wainwright’s ‘Renegade Nell’ Canceled After One Season At Disney+
EXCLUSIVE: Sally Wainwright’s Renegade Nell will not make it past a first season on Disney+.
The series about a quick-witted outlaw in 18th century England, which was the storied British scribe’s first for a streamer, launched several months back. We are told it hasn’t reached the threshold for a…
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Taylor Swift Says She Is “At A Complete Loss” After Tragic UK Dance Class Stabbings
Taylor Swift has posted a statement following the tragic incident that took place in Southport, UK yesterday, in which a number of children were stabbed at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class.
The superstar, who has been touring in the UK recently, posted on Instagram that “the horror of yesterday’s…
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‘Zone Of Interest’ Backer Funds BBC Doc On Last Musician Of Auschwitz
Access Entertainment, financial backer of 2024 Oscar-winner The Zone of Interest, has turned attention to a BBC doc titled The Last Musician of Auschwitz.
Access’ Danny Cohen and Emily Blavatnik will EP the feature telling the extraordinary story of Anita Lasker-Wallfisch who, along with other…
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Huw Edwards Charged Over Indecent Images Of Children
Former BBC newsreader Huw Edwards has been charged by police over indecent images of children.
A Metropolitan Police spokesperson told British press: “Huw Edwards, 62, of Southwark, London has been charged with three counts of making indecent images of children following a Met Police investigation…
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Angela Merkel Detective Series Lands U.S. Home
The TV series that reimagines Angela Merkel as a small-town detective has found a U.S. home.
Kino Lorber’s MHz Choice streamer has picked up Miss Merkel from Fremantle, two 90-minute tongue-in-cheek mysteries, with a third planned.
Starring vet German actress Katharina Thalbach (The Tin Drum)…
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Elon Musk Criticized By Kamala Harris’ Campaign & Prominent Democrats For Celebrating Fake, AI-Generated Video Of Nominee
Elon Musk has been criticized by the Kamala Harris campaign and prominent Democrats for celebrating a fake, AI-generated video of Harris in which she says she was “selected because I am the ultimate diversity hire.”
The X boss tweeted the video over the weekend with the remark “This is amazing”…
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Clara Amfo Signs With Curtis Brown
EXCLUSIVE: British radio DJ, TV presenter and podcast host Clara Amfo has signed with the Curtis Brown Group.
Amfo is one of a number to have left Simon Cowell’s agency YMU over the past few months. UTA-owned Curtis Brown will represent her in all areas.
She will be repped within the new…
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Eurosport’s Bob Ballard Apologizes Over Sexist Remark After Being Removed From Olympics Coverage: “It Was Never My Intention To Upset Or Belittle Anyone”
UPDATE: 04:27 a.m. PT: Eurosport commentator Bob Ballard has apologized for making a sexist remark about Australia’s female swimmers that has seen him dropped from the broadcaster’s coverage.
Ballard posted the statement to X in the past few minutes, acknowledging that the “comments I made during the…
Joe Sugg & Caspar Lee’s Agency Hires UK Talent Boss
EXCLUSIVE: Joe Sugg and Caspar Lee’s IMG-backed digital talent agency MVE has expanded in the UK by signing a head of talent.
Minnie Harding, one of a number who has recently left Simon Cowell’s agency YMU, has joined up with the London and LA-based outfit run by the popular YouTubers.
Harding…
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More YMU Exits: Trio Of Agents Depart, Taking Wealth Of Top TV Talent With Them
EXCLUSIVE: There have been more exits at UK agency YMU, further shaking up the talent landscape as a wealth of top TV names depart with their reps.
Senior agents Rebecca Dowell, Minnie Harding and Lizzie Barroll Brown have all left Simon Cowell’s agency over the summer months, taking with them the…
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Hollywood’s Mental Health Crisis: UK Screen Industry Faces Fresh Reckoning As Scandal & Suicide Strengthen Calls To Make Well-Being Support On Sets A Mainstay
Editor’s note: The latest in a series of Deadline reports looking at how the current upheaval in the media & entertainment industry is impacting mental health. Today: how well-being conversations are shaping up in Britain, Hollywood's home away from home.Â
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Inspector Lynley Series In The Works At BritBox International & ‘Wolf Hall’ Producer Playground
EXCLUSIVE: Elizabeth George’s Inspector Lynley mysteries are being given a new lease of life.
More than 15 years on from the closer of the BBC’s mid-noughties adaptation, BritBox International, Wolf Hall producer Playground and Salt Films are developing Lynley, a new version, which is being penned by…
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