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Critics are threatening to disrupt attempts by the corporation to film its series Grenfell, which will dramatise the events around the night of June 14, 2017, near the site of the blaze.

Residents and members of bereaved families call on BBC and National Theatre to scrap productions

Blue Lights is a new Belfast-set drama which focuses on the challenges faced by three very different probationers in the Police Service of Northern Ireland. We spoke to the series creators, Adam Patterson and Declan Lawn.

Winners across nine categories in the prestigious BFI Future Film Festival Awards have been given prizes totalling more than £12,000, plus invaluable mentorships from industry leaders.

A selection of young filmmakers were awarded cash prizes and mentoring packages.

BAFTA-winning ‘Wolf Hall’ director Peter Kosminsky will tackle the story of the disaster

The three-part show will piece together the stories of survivors, family members and firefighters.

Grenfell, which will draw on more than five years of research, will tell the story of the fire in west London which killed 72 people and impacted the lives of many more.

The BBC has commissioned a three-part drama from writer and director Peter Kosminsky, which will explore the events of the 2017 fire at Grenfell Tower.

The BBC has commissioned Grenfell, a drama about the deadly 2017 fire at Grenfell Tower in West London, from writer and director Peter Kosminsky (Wolf Hall, The Undeclared War) for BBC One and iPlayer.