Articles about Jane Tranter
Dope and glory
DQ visits the Welsh town of Bridgend to find a television studio transformed into 1918 London for Dope Girls, a BBC series based on the real experiences of the women living – and surviving – in Soho’s illicit world of illegal nightclubs.
Trading in rough diamonds
Investing in start-up potential is risky, but Bad Wolf’s Jane Tranter helped Industry duo Mickey Down and Konrad Kay become valuable market assets. They recall their journey together and talk about why TV should be backing new talent.
Dark days
Executive producer Jane Tranter and writer Jack Thorne explain why the second season of Philip Pullman adaptation His Dark Materials has a different feel from the first and discuss the pitfalls of bringing the beloved book trilogy to the screen.
Materials world
Based on Philip Pullman’s acclaimed novels, HBO and BBC drama His Dark Materials aims to set a new benchmark for fantasy series. The cast and writer Jack Thorne reveal their approach to writing and filming the adaptation.
Into the darkness
Witches, vampires and daemons battle for power in A Discovery of Witches, a supernatural fantasy drama based on Deborah Harkness’s bestselling All Souls novels. DQ visits the Cardiff set to meet stars Teresa Palmer, Matthew Goode and executive producer Jane Tranter.
Inside the Wolf’s lair
Home to British dramas A Discovery of Witches and His Dark Materials, Wolf Studios Wales offers more than 250,000 square feet of studio space for high-end series just minutes from Cardiff. DQ takes a tour with Bad Wolf CEO Jane Tranter.
Bright Lights, Gritty City
HBO’s slick, cinematic and gritty New York-based crime procedural The Night Of could provide the hit the US cablenet now needs, writes Jules Grant.
Whose Dark Materials?
The BBC’s decision to adapt Philip Pullman’s classic trilogy His Dark Materials for TV means there is now a top screenwriting job up for grabs. Andy Fry looks at some of the potential candidates for this complex and challenging brief.