Kudos Knight is the creative partnership between leading scripted producer Kudos and Peaky Blinders, SAS Rogue Heroes and This Town creator Steven Knight. 

 

We are developing a vibrant drama slate, identifying, and nurturing emerging local voices and proven writers to grow a world-renowned scripted production hub in the Midlands.

 

The new partnership is committed to substantial long-term financial investment in skills and training in the West Midlands with the ambition of growing the local workforce, cultivating talent, and generating a thriving production base.

 

Kudos Knight is spearheaded by Development Producer Rem Conway, who will be based in Digbeth, Birmingham, near Steven Knight’s Digbeth Loc. Studios development. 

 

Production has already been completed on the first title from the Kudos Knight slate, This Town which was filmed on location in Birmingham and the Black Country and produced from Digbeth Loc. Studios. The new six-part drama which will air on BBC One in the UK and explores the beginnings of the two-tone music scene which grew from the grass roots of Coventry and Birmingham in the late 70s and early 80s. 

 

Kudos Knight is also currently developing a new drama series about the life of William Shakespeare, based on a concept by the BAFTA-winning Happy Valley star, Sarah Lancashire, and has several high-profile developments on its slate.