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Duck Soup Joins Channel 4’s Indie Growth Fund
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Duck Soup Films, a Leeds-based production company dedicated to championing the voices of underrepresented talent, will join Channel 4’s Indie Growth Fund.
Duck Soup was founded by Bekki Wray-Rogers, Libby Durdy and Jessica Holyland with an ambition to make fresh, authentic and entertaining TV dramas and feature films. Talent associated with projects currently on Duck Soup’s slate includes Theresa Ikoko, Jessica Knappett, Jack Thorne, Marc Munden, Lisa Holdsworth, Grace Ofori-Attah, Daf James, Doc Brown, Sara Dunlop, Will Sharpe and Veronica Gleeson.
Caroline Murphy, head of Channel 4’s Indie Growth Fund, said: “Duck Soup is at a really exciting moment in its development with a growing number of advanced projects on its slate and I’m thrilled the company is joining the Indie Growth Fund.”
February 12 2021, 9:47 am | BY Ricki Green | No Comments
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