Exclusive: ITV Studios is leading the race to invest in Hartswood Films, the storied British scripted producer behind hits including Sherlock and The Devil’s Hour.
Hartswood put itself up for sale last year and industry sources said ITV Studios is the favorite to complete a deal, bolstering a scripted roster that includes World Productions and Big Talk Studios.
Deadline understands that Jonathan Norman, Managing Director of technology at investment bank Houlihan Lokey, has been advising Hartswood. The company explored partial investment and a full sale.
Hartswood was founded in 1979 by Beryl Vertue, the legendary British TV producer who died aged 90 in 2022. The company is now majority-owned by her two daughters: Debbie and Sue.
Hartswood made British television shows including Men Behaving Badly, while more recent success stories include Inside Man for the BBC/Netflix and Amazon Prime Video’s The Devil’s Hour.
Hartswood is perhaps best associated with Sherlock, the...
Hartswood put itself up for sale last year and industry sources said ITV Studios is the favorite to complete a deal, bolstering a scripted roster that includes World Productions and Big Talk Studios.
Deadline understands that Jonathan Norman, Managing Director of technology at investment bank Houlihan Lokey, has been advising Hartswood. The company explored partial investment and a full sale.
Hartswood was founded in 1979 by Beryl Vertue, the legendary British TV producer who died aged 90 in 2022. The company is now majority-owned by her two daughters: Debbie and Sue.
Hartswood made British television shows including Men Behaving Badly, while more recent success stories include Inside Man for the BBC/Netflix and Amazon Prime Video’s The Devil’s Hour.
Hartswood is perhaps best associated with Sherlock, the...
- 4/17/2024
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
“The Ellen DeGeneres Show” will start its farewell tour next month, with the premiere of the talk show’s 19th and final season.
While you wait on all the laughs and tears to come in those new episodes, which kick off Sept. 13, the Ellen DeGeneres-hosted show has a memory lane-packed promo to fill that “feels” void for now.
Watch the promo via the video above.
Per the “Ellen” Season 19 description, “With unparalleled celebrity interviews, musical performances, topical stories, extraordinary human-interest guests, and sought-after viral sensations worldwide, DeGeneres will continue to deliver uplifting, inspiring, and hilarious experiences to viewers throughout her final season.”
During a May “Today” show interview, which was taped just hours after DeGeneres revealed she would be leaving her daytime talker in 2022, she said the barrage of negative press last year against her and “Ellen” — including last summer’s accusations of a “toxic” workplace — were “too orchestrated” and “too coordinated.
While you wait on all the laughs and tears to come in those new episodes, which kick off Sept. 13, the Ellen DeGeneres-hosted show has a memory lane-packed promo to fill that “feels” void for now.
Watch the promo via the video above.
Per the “Ellen” Season 19 description, “With unparalleled celebrity interviews, musical performances, topical stories, extraordinary human-interest guests, and sought-after viral sensations worldwide, DeGeneres will continue to deliver uplifting, inspiring, and hilarious experiences to viewers throughout her final season.”
During a May “Today” show interview, which was taped just hours after DeGeneres revealed she would be leaving her daytime talker in 2022, she said the barrage of negative press last year against her and “Ellen” — including last summer’s accusations of a “toxic” workplace — were “too orchestrated” and “too coordinated.
- 8/9/2021
- by Tony Maglio and Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
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