This was echoed by Hilary Salmon, Head of Drama, London for BBC Studios. “The way we work with producers is if there’s someone that we’re excited about, a writer that we love, or a director coming in with a piece that they really want to do, we’re willing to go out there and develop at a very early stage,” Williams added. Working with talent at an early stage was the main topic of the panel session – The Early Edge – which was held at Canada House in London. They wanted to grow their business so we partnered with them,” she said. She’s got great connections and a network of talent that they can access.

“Emily is quite rare, as is Alessandro, because although they’re actors, they’re both producers and have made some good indie films and she wrote Doll & Em for Sky and HBO. Williams used the example of King Bee, which is also working on an adaptation of Laura Sims’ novel Looker and an event series based on Ann Patchett’s novel State of Wonder with eOne, as an example of working with talent at an early stage. I’m very excited to see how that turns out,” she added.

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