4Wood, a UK film and TV set designer, acquired by a private equity firm amid South Wales manufacturing boom; ITV commissions psychological thriller platform 7 for new streaming platform – Global Briefs

British film and television designer 4wood is acquired by a private equity firm during the manufacturing boom in South Wales

British film and television designer 4Wood was bought by London-based private equity firm Connection Capital in a $ 10.6 million (£ 9 million) deal. Based in the Welsh capital of Cardiff, the company was founded in 2005 by the team of husband and wife Scott and Lynsey Fisher. His clients have included BBC, Netflix, Disney, Lucasfilm, Amazon Prime Video, and Apple TV + in programs such as its dark materials, Great Britain, Sex education Y sherlock. Connection Capital said the acquisition of the company is based on its assessment that the manufacturing market in the company’s home region of South Wales is expected to grow significantly in the coming years. Home to extensive studio facilities Wolf Studios, Dragon Studios, Swansea Bay Studios and Seren Studio, South Wales is one of the UK’s largest production centers after London and the South East of England.

ITV commissions a psychological thriller platform 7 For a new streaming platform

ITV has commissioned a series of psychological thrillers platform 7 From Dancing Ledge Productions, the company behind comedy-focused television shows and dramas. as a respondent Y Salisbury. The four-part thriller revolves around a woman who witnesses a catastrophic event at a train station and discovers her fragmented memory in a race to discover the connection between her life and tragedy. Award-winning screenwriter Paula Milne (He, the husband of politics, white heat.) is an adaptation of the famous novel of the same name by Louise Doughty. platform 7 will premiere exclusively on ITV’s new ITVX streaming service prior to its linear broadcast on ITV’s main channel. ITV drama chief Polly Hill, who commissioned the drama, said it was a new departure for her department. “It’s fun, fresh and engaging, and it’s unlike anything we’ve been commissioned before because ITVX is giving us the opportunity to create new dramas,” she said.