16/03/2012 How brief that was. Directing is addictive. With only a four-day shoot, wonderful actors included, you feel as if you’ve only just warmed up before it’s over. When I dabbled in acting, a television director told me that he would much rather direct TV than film as with the latter he would only make […]

By Conor Dignam Stephen Fry is to take a leading role in the film adaptation of his novel, The Liar, with newcomer Tony Hagger producing and directing. Sir Ian McKellen and rising young British talent Nicholas Hoult (About a Boy and UK TV series Skins) are also being lined up to appear in the British comedy. Hoult will […]

A psychological thriller, based on the short story by Graham Greene, starring Paul McGann, Owen Brenman and Ronald Pickup. Written and Directed by Tim Hewitt for A-Z.

One flatmate finds himself in an embarrassing situation of asking his female flatmate if she could check his manhood to stop him worrying… Directed by Tony Hagger and Written by Matt Wheeler. Starring Sarah Solemani and Mike Bailey. * explicit language used in video.

A brief romantic comedy where a rooster determines which way a coupleʼs relationship goes. An endearing picture of love at a comic crossroad as a city couple sharing a country house has opposite attitudes toward the environment. He hates the bucolic life and is terrified by a threatening rooster; she is at one with the land and with the […]

5 guys. 2 weeks. 1 goal – to track down an interview with the man they admire most: the elusive Mr. Spielberg. In LA… With no connections and armed only with a Variety ‘who’s who’ this is a fascinating, ‘six degrees of separation’ styled comic romp through the inner workings of Hollywood. Written and Directed […]

We originated and created the entertainment documentary ‘Pineapple Dance Studios’ for Sky1 (which we took to them) born out of 3 years of finding the interesting and exceptional characters for the show (including 3 years spent with Louie). The series followed the lives of teachers, pupils and most importantly the staff (‘Artistic Director’ Louie, Owner […]

Based on the bestselling novel by internationally renowned British institution Stephen Fry, The Liar is a fast-paced, rude and very funny comedy about learning to accept who you are in life… Written by Tony Hagger & Zak Shaikh and Exec Produced by Stephen Fry – The Liar is in script polish and financing stages and has been awarded […]

We are pleased to announce our comedy pilots Faulty starring Sarah Solemani and Mike Bailey, and Mancrush starring Blake Harrison and Oliver Chris are viewable online. We are amazed at the response! Faulty has had 60,000 views in a week and Mancrush has 95,000 views. Go check it out! Find the links via our twitter or […]

Our short A Little Place Off The Edgware Road starring Paul McGann and directed by Tim Hewitt has been selected for 3 film festivals! It had its UK premiere at The Isle of Wight film festival and you can catch it at the Cambridge Film Festival on 19th and 28th September and the Graham Greene Festival […]

The Need to Relax After a hiatus, my blog is back – and will be focusing now primarily on analyzing content. The first subject I want to delve into is one that writers and development executives often overlook – that audiences consume entertainment in order to escape. This may seem obvious, but writers spend a […]

“Think only of the past for its remembrance gives you pleasure.” Jane Austen wrote this almost 200 years ago, via her strong-willed protagonist, Elizabeth Bennett. For many modern audiences, the past, rose-tinted with nostalgia, continues to be a source of pleasure…and not just through remakes of ‘Pride and Prejudice’! The last few years have seen […]

On Friday it was announced that the most successful British comedy of all time, Only Fools & Horses, is to be adapted into an American sitcom by ABC. This classic BBC series began its life back in 1983. Its Christmas specials topped the annual audience ratings charts in 1996 and again in 2001 – the latter […]

The problems for international producers trying to break into China are many. There’s heavy regulation and censorship, and a whole set of different rules for foreign companies setting up in Beijing or Shanghai. There’s also a completely different structure to the Film & TV industries, when compared to Europe or North America. For instance, a […]

The Indian film industry is full of them. They were once a staple of Hollywood. Now television is trying to embrace the musical drama. With the phenomenal success of Fox’s Glee, and the imminent arrival of the Spielberg-NBC drama, Smash, TV networks are making a concerted effort to succeed with a genre that has traditionally been a […]

DirecTV are doing something interesting with their entertainment channel. On 1st June, they rebranded their ‘101’ channel and it is now called the Audience Network. Its purpose is to show high quality dramas, but from a diverse range of sources. This might sound like the mission of many other networks, but when you dig deeper, […]

Today was the first day of Up Fronts in New York. For those who are unaware, this is when the major US networks present their Fall schedules to the advertising community. NBC and Fox both announced their respective schedules today. Two interesting things to emerge, particularly from a UK perspective, was how high Fox’s expectations seem to […]

In the current pilot season, there is a noticeable trend that a whole spate of well known movie stars are being cast for TV series. There was a time when it was only the big screen that had stars and the small screen which made stars. Nobody knew who Jennifer Aniston was before “Friends”, nor […]