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A seat at the table Keshet Studios president Peter Traugott discusses how the Israeli company’s Stateside studio is competing – and winning. 38. Scripted Hot Picks Casting an eye on shows from across the world, including German crime series Dark Woods and French thriller Shadowplay. 48. Scaling new heights 12 Stephen Arnell ponders the attraction to remakes and what makes the di erence between a welcome return or an ill-advised fl op. 10. Taking the long view 52. Why the world loves Korea’s quirky IP Andy Harries, CEO at Left Bank Pictures, talks to Richard Jane Marlowe fi nds out just what it is about left-fi eld Korean content Middleton about what’s next for his company and the industry. that is currently cutting through all over the world. 12. Reeling it in online 56. Formats Hot Picks With the traditional events calendar thrown into disarray, Andy Fry TBI picks out a few formats that caught our eye recently, including fi nds out whether digital distribution platforms hold the answer. Small Town. Big Love, Sing Or Spin, Legacy List and 1 Year O. 18. Calling time on climate change 58. Copycatting true crime Helen Dugdale fi nds out what steps select producers and broadcasters Tim Dams considers whether the popularity of the true crime genre are doing to cut their impact on the world’s climate. could be helping to create copycat criminals. 24. Attention grabbing 60. Factual Hot Picks Nick Edwards refl ects on how Italian drama has maintained its Our selection of upcoming factual series, including Costa Rica: The momentum as scripted competition has increased. Rise Of Nature and Tony Robinson’s VE Day: Minute By Minute. 28. Script to screen: A Suitable Boy 62. Running the gauntlet Indian director Mira Nair discusses her adaptation of Vikram Seth’s How are streamers’ demands for children’s content a ecting the deals seminal novel. available for producers? Helen Dugdale fi nds out. 32. Nordic thaw? 66. Casting a spell Nordic producers have been prolifi c over recent years, but is a deluge TBI explores the enduring popularity of magical powers in kids’ of scripted product from the region diluting the quality? programming and how they continue to captivate youngsters. 28 66 Plus: Editor’s Note • 8 Well-being • 9 Diary • 46 Writer’s Room: Dan Sefton • 72 Last Word: Bethan Corney TBI April/May 2020 5 p05 Contents TBI AprMay20-ML RJM.indd 3 20/03/2020 20:04 TBI April/May 2020 | Welcome Editor’s note Richard Middleton Mission statement ell, it’s been a hell of a few weeks, hasn’t it? It’s easy to make Contact us grandiose, sweeping statements about the impact of the global pandemic wreaking havoc around the world at present but Editor Richard Middleton perhaps in this case, they are – for once – permitted. Such [email protected] a comparable state of global paralysis has never been seen Direct line +44 (0) 20 7017 7184 beforeW and our business, like almost every other sector, has been left reeling. Production has been halted, development is uncertain, unions and trade bodies Deputy editor Mark Layton are demanding – pleading – with their respective governments for support. The [email protected] events that have come to defi ne the annual rhythms for those working in the content business, particularly the international side of it, have been cancelled and distributors Contributors Stephen Arnell, Bethan Corney, Tim Dams, are wondering what’s going to happen to their pipeline of shows in three, six or Helen Dugdale, Nick Edwards, Andy Fry, Jane Marlowe, 12-months time. The human cost of this pandemic is, of course, incalculable. On a Dan Sefton business level, it is the uncertainty – applicable to most companies in most countries around the world – that is perhaps most troubling. Sales manager Michael Callan The TV industry is, however, responding. And no matter where you may [email protected] be reading this, there will be house-bound viewers looking for entertainment, Direct line +44 (0) 20 7017 5295 information, education and diversion – and the content business has always been the place to get those things. Art director Matthew Humberstone In this edition, we hear from those across the content divide: from a multitude [email protected] of online distribution services o ering new ways to sell rights, to the benefi ts and Direct line +44 (0) 20 7017 5336 opportunities provided by virtual meetings. But we also look to o er some light relief: check out how Mira Nair approached her adaptation of A Suitable Boy; why Marketing executive Abigail Dede Korean formats are here to stay; what’s next for the Italian and Nordic drama scene; [email protected] and the ongoing interest in rebooting classic TV shows. Direct line +44 (0) 20 7017 6018 We also delve into the discussion around true crime – does it fuel criminal behaviour? – and take a much-needed segue into the prevalence of magic in kids TV. Commercial director Patricia Arescy Because if ever we needed a little of that, it’s now. 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