Recorded in front of a live audience during the last Séries Mania festival.

Ever wondered what a “creative executive” really does? What does “acquisition” mean? We’ll ask producers and commissioners to tell us what they really do, day by day. A chat with our guests: Ariane Baste Morand, Development Executive Black Sheep (FR); Dominique Jubin, Managing Director Studio Canal Original (FR) & Piodor Gustafsson, Head of Scripted content for the Nordics and Baltics Tv4 (SWE).

Following our last episode about webseries, Nir Berger, writer and director from Tel Aviv, tells us how he moved from comedy videos on Facebook to an animation webseries to co-creating his first Tv series, DISMISSED. It turns out; collaboration is the key.

Berlin Webfest founder and specialist of webseries Meredith Burkholder tells us about the short form's history and future. You'll want to listen to her advice for filmmakers wanting to create a webseries!

Donna Sharpe, a British writer living in Berlin, tells us about her career writing for several European countries, on series like The Team, West of Liberty or Trom. She explains how to create in other cultures and languages; and the importance of spec scripts.

Did you know that France produces 40% of all European animated series? We talk with two French writers very experienced in animation screenwriting, Marine Lachenaud & Cyril Deydier, to better understand the specificity of that format. Listen to their advice to try out cartoon writing yourself!

To celebrate the first year of this podcast, we had a great chat live on Youtube with three special guests: Jana Burbach (Bad Banks, Tribes of Europa), Alexandre Manneville (En Thérapie), Joy C Mitchell (Deutschland 86, Bridgerton). Enjoy!

Pierre shares his take on how to tackle writing a decent series concept presentation, and we also go over the infamous "Netflix Pitch Workshop" document from last year in our first pure craft episode without a guest.

Frank Spotnitz, American showrunner in Europe (The X-Files, The Man in the High Castle, Medici, etc.), talks to us about his new series Leonardo and about the opportunities in making TV in Europe today. You'll hear his views on how to be a good showrunner, keep the passion, and when to start a writers room. We learned a lot! Now, your turn.

We talk with prolific German filmmaker Christian Schwochow about his TV experiences directing Bad Banks or The Crown. He shares his views on the business in Europe and on the position of the showrunner.

Valentine's Day special episode! Berlin-based American writer and director Raquel Stern talks to us about directing sex scenes for the new series "Even Closer, Hautnah". We also talk about Covid, the position of showrunner, and give you watching recommendations for a romantic V-day night!