{
  "id": 14174299,
  "title": "BBC Studios Launches Scripted Fund & Tasks Ben Donald With Helping Unearth Next Generation Of European IP",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/bbc-studios-launches-scripted-fund-tasks-ben-donald-with-helping",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-13T10:15:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/10/bbc-studios-scripted-fund-ben-donald-european-ip-1237155400/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "EXCLUSIVE: BBC Studios has tasked Mallorca Files EP Ben Donald with helping discover the next generation of European hits based on IP, as the producer-distributor launches a central fund for these projects. Donald is taking on a support role with BBC Studios alongside his day-to-day duties running his Cosmopolitan Pictures indie. He will help identify […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}