DASH PICTURES, MATTHEW LORENZO AND SKY PRODUCE DOC ABOUT SWINDLER BUSINESSMAN RUSSELL KING

UK indie Dash Pictures started to produce the feature documentary "The King of All Cons" (w/t), in association with Matthew Lorenzo Productions and Sky about businessman Russell King who fooled a stock market-listed bank, duped an England football manager and a former Head of Military Intelligence, bought a football club and negotiated a trillion-dollar deal to extract all of North Korea’s mineral reserves.

SAINT LUCIA TO FEATURE IN NEW TRAVEL TV SERIES

Saint Lucia is set to star in a new travel programme called ‘Fantastic Friends’, airing across Virgin TV in the UK from April 11th 2024. The new TV show, produced by Dash Pictures, is hosted by sibling actors James and Oliver Phelps, who portrayed the Weasley twins in the Harry Potter films. The six-part travel series sees James and Oliver travel the world to explore different destinations, starting with Saint Lucia.

Harry Potter’s Phelps Twins Rekindle Wizardry Charm in Fantastic Friends Season 2

The first season, which celebrated significant success, saw the brothers unite with different guests in each episode for unique, intimate experiences. With the promise of the continuation of this fascinating format, Season 2 promises to further quench fans' thirst for connection and adventure.

Harry Potter's Phelps Twins Bring in the Cavalry for New Adventures in 'Fantastic Friends' Season 2 Trailer

Well, this is just fantastic news, isn’t it? The official trailer for Fantastic Friends’ second season has arrived today, with Deadline revealing that even more magical moments are on the way for twin brothers James and Oliver Phelps and their closest pals. After a successful premiere season that saw the Harry Potter stars spend every episode with the familiar face of a different friend, the teaser points to more adventures and bonding in the title’s sophomore season.

Watch ‘Queen Charlotte’s Corey Mylchreest Join Weasley Twins James And Oliver Phelps In ‘Fantastic Friends’ Season 2

As the vid kicks off, Corey Mylchreest — King George III in Netflix smash Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story — surprises the twins by taking them to ride in a Boeing Stearman biplane in Australia. The actor chuckles and whispers, “He’s so scared,” as Oliver makes his way into the cockpit.

DASH PICTURES LAUNCHES TRAILER OF "FANTASTIC FRIENDS" SECOND SEASON

The trailer of the second season of Dash Pictures’ thrilling travel series, "Fantastic Friends", with hosts James and Oliver Phelps – aka the mischievous Weasley twins from Harry Potter – has been released.

OTF and Dash Pictures’ fantastic friends to premiere on the CW Network

The international distribution arm of factual content specialist Off The Fence (OTF) reports that Fantastic Friends will see its first season launch and US premiere on July 18th on The CW Network.

The CW picks up ‘Fantastic Friends’

The CW Network in the US has picked up the first season of adventure-travel series Fantastic Friends and committed to a second, which has also been acquired by HBO Max EMEA and Crave in Canada.

‘Fantastic Friends’ to Premiere on The CW

Off The Fence’s Fantastic Friends will see its first season launch and U.S. premiere on July 18 on The CW Network. The CW has also committed to the second season of the travel series, again hosted by James and Oliver Phelps (a.k.a. the Weasley twins in Harry Potter).

The CW picks up “Fantastic Friends” season one, commits to second season

As The CW Network continues its programming shift towards unscripted content, the Nexstar-owned cable net has further bulked up its summer 2023 slate by picking up the first season of the Harry Potter–adjacent travel series Fantastic Friends, scheduling the show’s U.S. premiere for July 18.

Disney Entertainment Earns 34 Daytime Emmy® Award Nominations

This morning, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced nominations for the 50th Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards. Disney Entertainment received 34 nominations, with ABC’s General Hospital leading all nominees with 19.

2023 Daytime Emmy Awards: Complete List of Nominees

The Daytime Emmy Award nominees have been announced! On Thursday, CBS and the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences revealed the nominations for the 50th annual awards show ahead of the June 16 ceremony at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles.

Spain’s RTVE takes UK factual duo as DCD Rights secures sales around Europe

In Germany, Sky has secured a 93-hour package comprising the Coast Guard franchise (Al Roker Entertainment) and Disasters Engineered (Dash Pictures, Intermission Film, DCD Rights)

Daytime Emmy Nominations: ‘General Hospital’ Leads Field & ‘Kelly Clarkson’ Tops Talkers

Nominations for the 50th Daytime Emmy Awards began trickling in Tuesday night, but now we have the full list. ABC’s General Hospital leads the way with 19 noms, followed by fellow long-running soaps CBS’ The Bold and the Beautiful (14) and The Young and the Restless (13) and NBC/Peacock’s Days of Our Lives (11). All also are vying for the marquee Daytime Drama Series prize.

OTF, Dash reunite 'Hobbits' for global food show

The distribution arm of Off The Fence (OTF) has added a new series from Dash Pictures with Lord of the Rings stars Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan on a global food tour to its slate.

OTF to distribute Dash Pictures’ food series with LOTR stars

Off the Fence (OTF) is extending its partnership with Daniel Sharp’s Dash Pictures, having picked up international distribution rights to the production company’s new food/travel series that reunites two stars from The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd.

‘FANTASTIC FRIENDS’: ‘HARRY POTTER’ & ‘GAME OF THRONES’ STARS FEATURE IN SEASON 2 OF WEASLEY TWINS’ ACTORS’ TRAVEL SHOW

The show from filmmaker Daniel Sharp follows James and Oliver Phelps, aka the Weasley twins from Harry Potter, as they go on adrenaline-fuelled adventures with magical themes, accompanied by famous faces. We’ve got a first look at the season for you here.

SECOND FANTASTIC FRIENDS FEATURES MORE POTTER STARS

UK indie Dash Pictures is prepping a second season of travel series Fantastic Friends, presented by Harry Potter actors James and Oliver Phelps, with fellow Harry Potter stars Matt Lewis, Mark Williams, Alfie Enoch, Nat Tena and Stanislav Yanevski joining them.

NIGHT TRAIN MEDIA LAUNCH PRE-SALES ON REVELATORY NEW SERIES, ‘CONQUISTADORS: THE RISE AND FALL’

Currently filming in Spain and South America and directed by Sharp and narrated by actor Christian Camargo, “Conquistadors” is executive produced for Dash Pictures by Daniel Sharp and Anna O’Malley and for NTM by Herbert L. Kloiber and James Copp.

SKY UNVEILS DOCUMENTARY ON ENGLAND WORLD CUP HERO GEOFF HURST

Hurst: The First and Only charts some incredible highs and little-known lows as the sporting legend talks for the first time about the tragedies which have mirrored his remarkable achievements. Hitting football’s highest heights compares little to losing a brother to suicide and a daughter to a brain tumour. And six years after Hurst’s glittering career came to an end, he found himself on the dole.

Fantastic Friends: trailer released for the Harry Potter twins’ new travel and magic show

The trailer has just dropped for Fantastic Friends, a new “magic-infused” travel and challenge show from James and Oliver Phelps - the actors best known for playing Harry Potter’s Weasley twins.

Trailer Debuts for ‘Fantastic Friends’ Starring Weasley Twins Actors of Harry Potter Fame

The show’s cast includes the twin’s Harry Potter co-stars Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood), Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley) and Luke Youngblood (Lee Jordan), as well as “Game of Thrones’” Maisie Williams, “Outlander’s” Sophie Skelton and “The Sixth Sense’s” Haley Joel Osment.

Emmy nominated UK indie SWR Media has rebranded as Dash PictureS

Based in London and Los Angeles and run by Daniel Sharp, the outfit has credits including Disasters Engineered, bought by Discovery UK and US. Upcoming are historical series Vikings: The Rise and Fall, and Fantastic Friends, about James and Oliver Phelps of Harry Potter fame, which will be launched at MIPCOM next month.

Founder and Executive Producer Daniel Sharp rebrands SWR Media as Dash Pictures

Highly successful and double Emmy® nominated UK indie SWR Media is now rebranded as Dash Pictures, it was announced by the company’s Founder and Executive Producer, Daniel Sharp. Based in London and Los Angeles, Daniel has directed and produced for SVOD, national and cable networks on one-hour, episodic US and international shows.

Rebranded Dash Pictures unveils travelogue with Harry Potter stars, Viking series

Highly successful and double Emmy®-nominated UK indie SWR Media is now rebranded as Dash Pictures, it was announced today by the company’s Founder and Executive Producer, Daniel Sharp.

Abacus Media Rights unveils trailer for groundbreaking factual series ‘Vikings: The Rise and Fall’

The trailer has been released for innovative factual series Vikings: The Rise and Fall, a prestige co-production between Dash Pictures (formerly SWR Media) and Night Train Media (NTM).

Broadcasters around the world have picked up a variety of factual programming

The second season of Disasters Engineered to AMC Networks International – Central and Northern Europe’s Spektrum in Hungary, Czech Republic & Slovakia; A+E Networks Africa; BBC Brit in Poland and National Geographic for a raft of territories including UK & Ireland, Latin America, Scandinavia, Middle East and parts of Asia, as well as numerous countries throughout Europe and Africa.

DCD Rights racks up global sales

The second series of the Emmy-nominated Disasters Engineered (Deadly Engineering in the U.S.) will air on AMC Networks International’s Spektrum in Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia; A+E Networks Africa; BBC Brit in Poland and National Geographic in a range of territories.

DEADLY ENGINEERING SERIES TWO LANDS SECOND EMMY NOMINATION

Organizers said this year’s awards honor content from more than 3,000 submissions that originally premiered in calendar-year 2020. The submissions were judged by a pool of more than 1,000 peer professionals from across the television industry.

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) today announced the nominees for the 48th Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards

Awards for individual achievement in animation are selected by a juried panel of peers which selects winners in each of six craft areas without a nomination stage.

Disasters Engineered coming back for a second 10×60’ run

The first 10×60’ season has been sold by DCD to BBC Brit Poland; Phoenix Satellite TV for China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines and Singapore; Prima Group for Czech Republic; and Da Vinci Channel for Poland, Russia, CIS, Africa and South Africa. This is in addition to previously announced sales to Danmarks Radio and Discovery UK & Eire.

A+E NETWORKS® UK TRAVELS TO SICILY WITH RAY WINSTONE

Banijay Rights, the leading distribution arm of Banijay, and A+E Networks® UK, today announces the 6x60’ travelogue series, Ray Winstone’s Sicily, will premiere this Autumn in the UK on free-to-air channel BLAZE®, Freeview channel 63.

Global Bulletin: Series sale

“Ray Winstone’s Sicily,” the popular British actor’s first go at factual programming, has been picked up for U.K. broadcast on free-to-air network Blaze in a deal between A+E Networks U.K. and Banijay Rights, the new distribution arm of Banijay which includes the company’s new Endemol Shine assets. The series will premiere this fall on Blaze, as well as the network’s website and app.

Ray Winstone’s Sicily travels to Blaze

A+E Networks-owned free-to-air channel Blaze in the UK has acquired travel series Ray Winstone’s Sicily from Banijay Rights. The 6×60’ travelogue follows actor Winstone (Sexy Beast) in his first foray into factual programming as he sets out on a journey to discover more about the island he now calls his second home.

Daytime Emmy Nominations 2020

Outstanding Educational or Informational Series: Deadly Engineering (The Science Channel / Amazon Prime Video)

Daytime Emmy Nominations: CBS, Amazon Prime Lead Networks

ABC’s venerable soap General Hospital leads all shows and CBS and Amazon Prime Video top all networks in nominations for the 47th annual Daytime Emmy Awards, which were unveiled Thursday.

DCD Rights launches four MIPCOM titles under Producer Support Initiative

Daniel Sharp, director and producer at Dash Pictures, said: “The Producer Support Initiative has given us an exciting opportunity to work with DCD to create a thrilling series covering some of history’s most important and catastrophic engineering disasters. The vast catalogue of historical footage made available to us, alongside unique interviews with industry experts and academics enabled us to tell these stories in a truly exciting way.”

DCD funds four for Mipcom

UK-based independent distributor DCD Rights has secured production funding for four factual series to be launched at Mipcom next month. Disasters Engineered (10×60′) explores mankind’s greatest engineering disasters, including the Titanic and Chernobyl. It is produced by SWR Media and Intermission Film in association with Dash Pictures for Discovery UK. DCD Rights will shop it internationally.

Intl. TV Newswire: Discovery U.K. Records

Ahead of Miami’s NATPE, U.K. distribution company DCD Rights has announced pre-sales on its new factual entertainment series “Disasters Engineered” to Discovery in the U.K. and Eire and DR in Denmark

DCD deals ahead of Natpe

DR in Denmark and Discovery in the UK and Ireland have picked up factual entertainment series Disasters Engineered (aka Deadly Engineering) from distributor DCD Rights. The 10 x 60 minute series is produced by SWR Media, Intermission Film and DCD Rights in association with Dash Pictures for Discovery UK.

Ray Winstone Packs His Bags for Sicily in Film Star’s First Factual Show (EXCLUSIVE)

Ray Winstone’s career includes hit films “Sexy Beast” and “The Departed,” but making his first-ever doc series has proved as challenging as any movie part. “It’s probably the most difficult work I’ve done to be honest with you,” Winstone told Variety. “You are baring all in a way. The camera is on you more or less 24/7.” The show is “Ray Winstone’s World: Sicily,” a travel series following the London-born actor on a journey around the popular Mediterranean destination.

Show of the week: Ray Winstone’s World: Sicily

Ray Winstone Packs His Bags for Sicily in Film Star’s First Factual Show (EXCLUSIVE)

With local characters and new-found friends as guides, they make their discoveries via Sicilian homes, kitchens, churches, temples and vineyards. In a courageous move, Winstone films from the summit of the active volcano, Mount Etna as well as visits the Aeolian island of Lipari and the historic yet frantic city of Palermo.

Hot Picks: Ray Winstone’s World: Sicily

The show got off the ground when Winstone linked up with SWR earlier this year and his idea was moulded into a TV project that SWR founder Daniel Sharp took to Banijay Group’s sales arm. Lemos says that Banijay has been keen to work with Sharp for some time, following the work he did on Road Rivals, an SWR-produced factual entertainment series.