Exclusive: Netflix’s swelling ranks of commissioners in the UK is about to grow even further with the addition of an executive who played a vital role in bringing Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s smash hit comedy Fleabag to the screen.
Deadline can reveal that Chris Sussman will join the streamer next month as director of the UK scripted team, reporting to vice president of content, Anne Mensah.
It follows a spell of more than three years running the comedy unit at BBC Studios. During his time at the BBC’s commercial production arm, he oversaw shows including This Country, Famalam and Inside No 9.
Prior to that, Sussman worked as a BBC comedy commissioner for five years and responsible for ordering the first series of BBC Three’s Fleabag, the runaway global hit that was later picked up by Amazon and bagged four Emmys for its second season last month. His other credits include Rev,...
Deadline can reveal that Chris Sussman will join the streamer next month as director of the UK scripted team, reporting to vice president of content, Anne Mensah.
It follows a spell of more than three years running the comedy unit at BBC Studios. During his time at the BBC’s commercial production arm, he oversaw shows including This Country, Famalam and Inside No 9.
Prior to that, Sussman worked as a BBC comedy commissioner for five years and responsible for ordering the first series of BBC Three’s Fleabag, the runaway global hit that was later picked up by Amazon and bagged four Emmys for its second season last month. His other credits include Rev,...
- 10/7/2019
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
It's Friday and it's a big review day for us as Laremy finally saw Boyhood and we also have reviews of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Into the Storm, Step Up All In and Calvary as well as a lot of your questions, a couple voice mails, drinking advice from a listener and our regular allotment of games. Hope you enjoy! Finally, it's time once again to vote for our next audio commentary. On this episode we mention only five, but I thought of one more after we finished and have added it to the mix, so there are six to choose from. Vote below: poll id="359" If you are on Twitter, we have a Twitter account dedicated to the podcast at @bnlpod. Give us a follow won'tchac I want to remind you that you can call in and leave us your comments, thoughts, questions, etc. directly on our Google Voice account,...
- 8/8/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Today we bring Kevin Jagernauth in to help us review Dawn of the Planet of the Apes to bring some balance to the conversation and we talk television as Laremy watched "The Leftovers" as well as the Emmy Awards, wondering if they are even remotely important at all. In addition to this we talk about the Internet spoiling TV and movies, does Andy Serkis deserve an Oscar and we also call a listener and that listener actually answers this time, plus a whole lot more. If you are on Twitter, we have a Twitter account dedicated to the podcast at @bnlpod. Give us a follow won'tchac I want to remind you that you can call in and leave us your comments, thoughts, questions, etc. directly on our Google Voice account, which you can call and leave a message for us at (925) 526-5763, which may be even easier to remember at (925) 5-bnl-pod.
- 7/11/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Today we have for you a longer Tuesday episode than we have had recently as Laremy and I just couldn't stop talking as we kicked the show off immediately by discussing Guardians of the Galaxy before digging into the horrible July 4 weekend. We then discussed the idea I wrote about last week concerning the possible abolishment of the PG-13 rating (read about that here) and then we discuss Steven Soderbergh's recent comments as to the biggest reason he quit the movies. We answer a voice mail, your questions, play some games and much more in an action-packed episode that also includes a code for ten listeners to get the $2 off the first month of the premium RopeofSilicon podcast... that code being BNL2DOLLAR. It's only available for the first ten listeners, so get on it. Plus, thanks to those of you that voted, the next audio commentary will be...
- 7/8/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
It's Friday and that means on today's podcast we're reviewing Transformers: Age of Extinction and Snowpiercer as well as discussing Gary Oldman's comments, answering your questions and voice mails, playing games and plenty more. If you are on Twitter, we have a Twitter account dedicated to the podcast at @bnlpod. Give us a follow won'tchac I want to remind you that you can call in and leave us your comments, thoughts, questions, etc. directly on our Google Voice account, which you can call and leave a message for us at (925) 526-5763, which may be even easier to remember at (925) 5-bnl-pod. Just call, leave us a voice mail and we'll add those to the show and respond directly. An alternative to that option is a new way of leaving us a voicemail directly from your computer. Just click here and no matter where you live in the world, all you...
- 6/27/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Podcast: Reviewing 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' and 'Blended' & How Many Actors Actually Have Rangec
We've got a good one for you today folks as Laremy and I review X-Men: Days of Future Past and Blended plus a quick review from Brad for Filth. After that we talk about actors' range, answer several voicemails, tell some personal stories and Laremy pitches a Three Men and a Baby reboot. Good times... good times. If you are on Twitter, we have a Twitter account dedicated to the podcast at @bnlpod. Give us a follow won'tchac I want to remind you that you can call in and leave us your comments, thoughts, questions, etc. directly on our Google Voice account, which you can call and leave a message for us at (925) 526-5763, which may be even easier to remember at (925) 5-bnl-pod. Just call, leave us a voice mail and we'll add those to the show and respond directly. An alternative to that option is a new way of...
- 5/23/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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