Exclusive: Gilles Bannier, the director of the first seasons of hit series Blue Lights and Trigger Point is opening up a new drama indie, Alef UK. The London-based label will be a subsidiary of Alef One, Nora Melhli’s Paris-based prodco that counts Flight MH370 and doc Carlos Ghosn The Last Flight among its credits.
French born writer-director Bannier has been based in England for a decade and will be Creative Director of the new UK drama business. His directing credits include iconic dramas Spiral and Les Beaux Mecs as well as The Tunnel, which is where he first collaborated with Melhli, who was a producer on the Kudos drama. The duo also worked together on Tim Roth-starrer Tin Star.
Melhli worked at Endemol and Altice before teaming with Jacques Arthur Essebag to create Alef One in 2018. She told Deadline that working with Bannier during Covid – and the problem-solving...
French born writer-director Bannier has been based in England for a decade and will be Creative Director of the new UK drama business. His directing credits include iconic dramas Spiral and Les Beaux Mecs as well as The Tunnel, which is where he first collaborated with Melhli, who was a producer on the Kudos drama. The duo also worked together on Tim Roth-starrer Tin Star.
Melhli worked at Endemol and Altice before teaming with Jacques Arthur Essebag to create Alef One in 2018. She told Deadline that working with Bannier during Covid – and the problem-solving...
- 4/30/2024
- by Stewart Clarke
- Deadline Film + TV
Underscoring the growing ties between France and Taiwan in the film and television sector, French and Taiwanese producers CinéFrance, Alef One and Yoosonn Entertainment have presented two new series co-productions at Series Mania.
“Fly,” co-produced by Paris-based CinéFrance and Taipei’s Yoosonn Entertainment, is a spy drama series adapted from Taiwanese author Chang Kuo-Li’s original IP that is set to shoot in France and Taiwan.
Paris production company Alef One is likewise headed to Taiwan with “Flight MH370,” based on the true events of the Malaysian Airline flight disappearance. Gilles Bannier, known for the recent, acclaimed BBC series “Blue Lights,” is set to direct the series, which is supported by the state-backed Taiwan Creative Content Agency (Taicca). Alef One is currently in discussions with potential Taiwanese co-production partners.
Taicca and France’s national film center, the Cnc, last year signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at furthering cooperation in...
“Fly,” co-produced by Paris-based CinéFrance and Taipei’s Yoosonn Entertainment, is a spy drama series adapted from Taiwanese author Chang Kuo-Li’s original IP that is set to shoot in France and Taiwan.
Paris production company Alef One is likewise headed to Taiwan with “Flight MH370,” based on the true events of the Malaysian Airline flight disappearance. Gilles Bannier, known for the recent, acclaimed BBC series “Blue Lights,” is set to direct the series, which is supported by the state-backed Taiwan Creative Content Agency (Taicca). Alef One is currently in discussions with potential Taiwanese co-production partners.
Taicca and France’s national film center, the Cnc, last year signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at furthering cooperation in...
- 3/21/2024
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Trigger Point, a British action-thriller drama directed by Gilles Bannier, is currently streaming on BritBox. The breathtaking acting skills of Vicky McClure are worth mentioning, and the detailed depiction of the tension among the members of the bomb squad has been portrayed efficiently. The drama revolves around several bombings that have been occurring in London. How Lana manages to handle the difficult situations along with her team has been thoroughly depicted. The gritty situation ends up snatching some of Lana’s closest people, but she doesn’t lose hope. Will Lana be able to unveil the truth behind the bombings? Will she be able to save the lives of the innocent? Let’s find out!
Spoilers Ahead
What Happened At Andy Phelan’s Residence?
Andy Phelan had been missing from the apartment that he had been staying in with his family. While the police were able to recover his wife...
Spoilers Ahead
What Happened At Andy Phelan’s Residence?
Andy Phelan had been missing from the apartment that he had been staying in with his family. While the police were able to recover his wife...
- 2/2/2024
- by Debjyoti Dey
- Film Fugitives
The new six-part London, UK filmed Brit cop TV series "Trigger Point" is directed by Gilles Bannier and Jennie Darnell. starring Vicky McClure and Adrian Lester, now streaming on Peacock:
"...frontline officers risk their lives during a terrorist campaign in the heart of London, with one unit at the forefront of urgent efforts to find out who is behind the bombings before fatalities escalate.
"Under extreme pressure and searching for answers, 'Lana' becomes suspicious that the bomber is premeditatedly targeting her unit – but how does she prove it and discover the bomber’s real identity....?
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"...frontline officers risk their lives during a terrorist campaign in the heart of London, with one unit at the forefront of urgent efforts to find out who is behind the bombings before fatalities escalate.
"Under extreme pressure and searching for answers, 'Lana' becomes suspicious that the bomber is premeditatedly targeting her unit – but how does she prove it and discover the bomber’s real identity....?
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- 7/15/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
The new six-part London, UK filmed Brit TV series "Trigger Point" is directed by Gilles Bannier and Jennie Darnell. starring Vicky McClure and Adrian Lester, streaming July 8, 2022 on Peacock:
"...frontline officers risk their lives during a terrorist campaign in the heart of London, with one unit at the forefront of urgent efforts to find out who is behind the bombings before fatalities escalate.
"Under extreme pressure and searching for answers, 'Lana' becomes suspicious that the bomber is premeditatedly targeting her unit – but how does she prove it and discover the bomber’s real identity....?
Click the images to enlarge...
"...frontline officers risk their lives during a terrorist campaign in the heart of London, with one unit at the forefront of urgent efforts to find out who is behind the bombings before fatalities escalate.
"Under extreme pressure and searching for answers, 'Lana' becomes suspicious that the bomber is premeditatedly targeting her unit – but how does she prove it and discover the bomber’s real identity....?
Click the images to enlarge...
- 6/21/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
The new six-part London, UK filmed Brit TV series "Trigger Point" is directed by Gilles Bannier and Jennie Darnell. starring Vicky McClure and Adrian Lester, streaming July 8, 2022 on Peacock:
"...frontline officers risk their lives during a terrorist campaign in the heart of London, with one unit at the forefront of urgent efforts to find out who is behind the bombings before fatalities escalate.
"Under extreme pressure and searching for answers, 'Lana' becomes suspicious that the bomber is premeditatedly targeting her unit – but how does she prove it and discover the bomber’s real identity....?
Click the images to enlarge...
"...frontline officers risk their lives during a terrorist campaign in the heart of London, with one unit at the forefront of urgent efforts to find out who is behind the bombings before fatalities escalate.
"Under extreme pressure and searching for answers, 'Lana' becomes suspicious that the bomber is premeditatedly targeting her unit – but how does she prove it and discover the bomber’s real identity....?
Click the images to enlarge...
- 5/7/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Exclusive: Peacock is to be the U.S. home of ITV’s Jed Mercurio-produced thriller Trigger Point.
The high-pressured drama starring Line of Duty’s Vicky McClure and Life’s Adrian Lester follows the streamer’s acquisition of similar UK scripted shows such as BBC double The Capture and Vigil.
The NBCU streamer will launch the series on July 8.
Trigger Point, which was produced by Line of Duty creator Mercurio’s Htm Television and written by newcomer Daniel Brierley, stars McClure and Lester as frontline officers who must risk their lives during a terrorist campaign in the heart of London. When a terrorist campaign threatens the capital over one summer, the Expos are at the forefront of urgent efforts to find out who is behind the bombings before fatalities escalate.
With Mercurio’s reputation for ratings-grabbers preceding him, the six-parter performed extremely well with audiences, amassing almost 10M for some of its later episodes.
The high-pressured drama starring Line of Duty’s Vicky McClure and Life’s Adrian Lester follows the streamer’s acquisition of similar UK scripted shows such as BBC double The Capture and Vigil.
The NBCU streamer will launch the series on July 8.
Trigger Point, which was produced by Line of Duty creator Mercurio’s Htm Television and written by newcomer Daniel Brierley, stars McClure and Lester as frontline officers who must risk their lives during a terrorist campaign in the heart of London. When a terrorist campaign threatens the capital over one summer, the Expos are at the forefront of urgent efforts to find out who is behind the bombings before fatalities escalate.
With Mercurio’s reputation for ratings-grabbers preceding him, the six-parter performed extremely well with audiences, amassing almost 10M for some of its later episodes.
- 5/6/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Series
U.K. broadcaster BBC has acquired CNN‘s Primetime Emmy winning series “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy.” The six-part series follows Oscar nominee Stanley Tucci as he travels across Italy to discover the secrets and delights of the country’s regional cuisines. In each episode, Tucci visits a different region or city of Italy, showing viewers how the diversity of Italian cooking offers a gateway through which they can glimpse Italy’s history and culture.
The show, which is produced by CNN and London-based film and television production company Raw, has already been renewed for a second season and will be available on BBC Two and streamer iPlayer from Feb. 27.
Tucci said: “It has been a dream of mine to make this show for many years and a great joy to make it with CNN and Raw. I am so honored that it has been acquired by the esteemed BBC.
U.K. broadcaster BBC has acquired CNN‘s Primetime Emmy winning series “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy.” The six-part series follows Oscar nominee Stanley Tucci as he travels across Italy to discover the secrets and delights of the country’s regional cuisines. In each episode, Tucci visits a different region or city of Italy, showing viewers how the diversity of Italian cooking offers a gateway through which they can glimpse Italy’s history and culture.
The show, which is produced by CNN and London-based film and television production company Raw, has already been renewed for a second season and will be available on BBC Two and streamer iPlayer from Feb. 27.
Tucci said: “It has been a dream of mine to make this show for many years and a great joy to make it with CNN and Raw. I am so honored that it has been acquired by the esteemed BBC.
- 2/14/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Sherlock and Good Omens star Siân Brooke is to lead BBC One police thriller Blue Lights from the creators of The Salisbury Poisonings, with filming kicking off in Belfast.
Brooke will play Grace and be joined by The Dig’s Katherine Devlin and newcomer Nathan Braniff as three rookie police officers in the Northern Irish capital, with Grace making the decision in her 40s to leave her steady job and join the force. Just a few weeks into her role, she’s making so many mistakes that her decision no longer looks like a winning bet.
Brooke is best known for playing Sherlock Holmes’ evil sister Eurus in the final ever episode of the BBC’s Sherlock and she has also featured in Good Omens, Doctor Foster and as disgraced Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick in ITV’s Stephen.
Joining Brooke in Blue Lights are Game of Thrones’ Richard Dormer...
Brooke will play Grace and be joined by The Dig’s Katherine Devlin and newcomer Nathan Braniff as three rookie police officers in the Northern Irish capital, with Grace making the decision in her 40s to leave her steady job and join the force. Just a few weeks into her role, she’s making so many mistakes that her decision no longer looks like a winning bet.
Brooke is best known for playing Sherlock Holmes’ evil sister Eurus in the final ever episode of the BBC’s Sherlock and she has also featured in Good Omens, Doctor Foster and as disgraced Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick in ITV’s Stephen.
Joining Brooke in Blue Lights are Game of Thrones’ Richard Dormer...
- 2/14/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Banijay Rights has acquired worldwide sales to the thriller mini-series “Flight MH370” which is based on the real-life mystery surrounding the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines flight which vanished in the depths of the Indian Ocean, carrying 239 passengers.
Produced by Nora Melhli (“The Tunnel”)’s new outfit Alef One, the six-part drama has been ordered by the French public broadcaster France Televisions.
The predominantly English-langauge show is based on a novel by Ghyslain Wattrelos, who lost his wife and two of his three children in the tragedy in 2014, and another book by the investigative journalist Florence de Changy.
The show is driven by a strong creative team, including the showrunner Gilles Bannier (“Spiral”), and writers Tim Loan (“Versailles”) and Laurent Mercier (“Eden”). Nadine Nohr, whose credits include “The Bridge” and “Broadchurch” is executive producing alongside Melhli.
Unfolding across seven countries, “Flight MH370″ is told from multiple perspectives of characters who are based on real people,...
Produced by Nora Melhli (“The Tunnel”)’s new outfit Alef One, the six-part drama has been ordered by the French public broadcaster France Televisions.
The predominantly English-langauge show is based on a novel by Ghyslain Wattrelos, who lost his wife and two of his three children in the tragedy in 2014, and another book by the investigative journalist Florence de Changy.
The show is driven by a strong creative team, including the showrunner Gilles Bannier (“Spiral”), and writers Tim Loan (“Versailles”) and Laurent Mercier (“Eden”). Nadine Nohr, whose credits include “The Bridge” and “Broadchurch” is executive producing alongside Melhli.
Unfolding across seven countries, “Flight MH370″ is told from multiple perspectives of characters who are based on real people,...
- 12/2/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
HBO and Sky drama Chernobyl was a double winner at the Rose D’Or awards. The event, which was held in London and presented by Lenny Henry, awarded The Golden Rose Award to the Sister Pictures-produced limited series, which also picked up the best drama award, ahead of Killing Eve, Succession, Years and Years, 8 Days and Escape at Dannemora. The Studio Entertainment award was won by BBC One’s Michael McIntyre’s Big Show, with the Comedy category going to Canadian series Baroness von Sketch Show and the Comedy Drama and Sitcom to Spanish series Arde Madrid. Orphans of a Nation, the Brazilian drama from Globo, won in the Soaps and Telenovelas category, while the Children and Youth award was presented to Norwegian series ZombieLars, which pairs slapstick gags with social commentary. The Reality and Factual Entertainment category was won by BBC2’s The Repair Shop, the Arts category...
- 12/2/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Nora Melhli’s recently launched production company Alef One is set to produce an untitled thriller mini-series based on Ghyslain Wattrelos’s book “Flight MH370, A Life Rerouted” and Florence de Changy’s “Flight MH370 did not simply disappear.”
Gilles Bannier, the director of episodes of “Spiral” and “The Tunnel,” will write and direct the six-episode series. It will explore the mystery surrounding the disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH37 which vanished in the depths of the Indian Ocean, carrying 239 passengers.
This mini-series will also follow the personal journey of Wattrelos (the author of the novel which the drama will be based on) who lost his wife and two of his three children in the tragedy.
Set across seven countries, the story will depict the event from multiple perspectives: the victims’s families, aeronautical engineers, politicians, the scientific community, police, justice and intelligence.
Nora Melhli, who is also head...
Gilles Bannier, the director of episodes of “Spiral” and “The Tunnel,” will write and direct the six-episode series. It will explore the mystery surrounding the disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH37 which vanished in the depths of the Indian Ocean, carrying 239 passengers.
This mini-series will also follow the personal journey of Wattrelos (the author of the novel which the drama will be based on) who lost his wife and two of his three children in the tragedy.
Set across seven countries, the story will depict the event from multiple perspectives: the victims’s families, aeronautical engineers, politicians, the scientific community, police, justice and intelligence.
Nora Melhli, who is also head...
- 10/17/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Sky has released a first look teaser for its upcoming western “Tin Star.” The 10-part revenge drama series stars Tim Roth (“The Hateful Eight”) and Christina Hendricks (“Mad Men”).
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The bloody drama is set in a remote Canadian mountain town, where the opening of a new oil refinery fronted by the mysterious Mrs. Bradshaw (Hendricks) introduces the small town to a world of drug-dealers, prostitution and organized crime. Police chief Jim Worth (Roth) is thirsty for revenge after the murder of a member of his family. The series is written by Rowan Joffe, whose credits include 2010’s “The American” and 2014’s “Before I Go to Sleep.” Marc Jobst and Gilles Bannier directed two episodes, and Grant Harvey and Rowan Joffe helmed one episode each.
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Read More: The Best One-Season Wonder TV Shows That Never Got Renewed — IndieWire Critics Survey
The bloody drama is set in a remote Canadian mountain town, where the opening of a new oil refinery fronted by the mysterious Mrs. Bradshaw (Hendricks) introduces the small town to a world of drug-dealers, prostitution and organized crime. Police chief Jim Worth (Roth) is thirsty for revenge after the murder of a member of his family. The series is written by Rowan Joffe, whose credits include 2010’s “The American” and 2014’s “Before I Go to Sleep.” Marc Jobst and Gilles Bannier directed two episodes, and Grant Harvey and Rowan Joffe helmed one episode each.
Read More: ‘Twin Peaks’ Season 3 Premiere Review: David Lynch Remains a...
- 5/22/2017
- by Yoselin Acevedo
- Indiewire
Directors UK and Creative Skillset programme aims to diversify directing talent in TV drama.
Directors UK and Creative Skillset have announced the first two directors who have been selected for their new high end TV drama directors career development programme.
Tina Gharavi and Samantha Harrie have been picked for the scheme, which was launched to help progress and diversify directing talent in TV drama.
They have been selected from more than 200 applicants to work on Kudos’ The Tunnel: Vengeance and Neal Street Productions’ Call The Midwife.
Four additional candidates will be announced later this year.
The scheme includes a 12-week paid placement with high end drama production companies and broadcasters across the UK, working alongside a show’s lead director throughout the entire duration of the show.
Tina Gharavi, the BAFTA-nominated and award-winning filmmaker is working alongside director Gilles Bannier (Tin Star, In The Dark, The Tunnel: Sabotage) on The Tunnel: Vengeance, the Kudos produced...
Directors UK and Creative Skillset have announced the first two directors who have been selected for their new high end TV drama directors career development programme.
Tina Gharavi and Samantha Harrie have been picked for the scheme, which was launched to help progress and diversify directing talent in TV drama.
They have been selected from more than 200 applicants to work on Kudos’ The Tunnel: Vengeance and Neal Street Productions’ Call The Midwife.
Four additional candidates will be announced later this year.
The scheme includes a 12-week paid placement with high end drama production companies and broadcasters across the UK, working alongside a show’s lead director throughout the entire duration of the show.
Tina Gharavi, the BAFTA-nominated and award-winning filmmaker is working alongside director Gilles Bannier (Tin Star, In The Dark, The Tunnel: Sabotage) on The Tunnel: Vengeance, the Kudos produced...
- 5/8/2017
- by orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
- ScreenDaily
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