BBC Studios Takes Outright Ownership of ‘End Of The F***ing World’ Producer Clerkenwell
Naman Ramachandran BBC Studios has increased its investment in “The End of the F***ing World” producer Clerkenwell Films, becoming an outright owner with a 100% stake.Founded in 1998 by Murray Ferguson, Clerkenwell Films is one of the leading scripted producers in the U.K. The outfit produced “The End of the F***ing World” for Netflix and the show won a BAFTA and earned an Emmy nomination.Ferguson will continue as chief executive to oversee the transition before stepping down this fall, when long-standing executive producer Petra Fried and head of production and finance Wim de Greef will jointly lead the company.Clerkenwell is currently developing several new shows for U.K.