From Golden Balls To Gatiss: Five Key Players Who Defined London’s Biggest TV Industry Week

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London’s big week in the international TV sun has come to an end, with not one, not two, but three major events running in parallel.

MIP London made its debut at the swanky Savoy Hotel and IET conference center, the well-established London TV Screenings were back and bigger than ever, and the gig that began it all, the BBC Studios Showcase was once again in town.

We’ve rounded up five faces who defined the week, from big American stars in town with the U.S. studios to the market creators taking a shot at glory. Denis Leary: American Stand-Up Royalty In The Big Smoke As noted above, the Screenings wouldn’t be complete without a bit of star power from the other side of the Atlantic and this came in the form of stand-up royalty Denis Leary (also see Kelsey Grammer in town for crypto drama Paper Empire).

Leary was in London with Fox promoting Catherine Tate-starring comedy series Going Dutch, which is about a U.S. Colonel who is sent to the “least important Army base in the world.” The ten-part network series has a traditional laughs-a-minute comedy feel to it (albeit with less episodes than those of yesteryear) and Leary was loving life as he sat down with buyers and press to talk about a show that Fox Entertainment Group is hoping will light up the international market over the coming months.