EXCLUSIVE: UK-based Carver PR is launching a culture division and has hired veteran publicist Jenna Knight to lead it. As Head of Culture, she will have a client list including presenter Ian Wright, The Louis Theroux Podcast, diver Tom Daley, singer Jess Glynne, Sony, Dr Rangan Chatterjee and The British Podcast Awards. She also brings along Fearne Cotton’s Happy Place podcast, comedian Michael Dapaah and influencer Grace Beverley. Carver PR already has people, music, podcast, books, brands, events and sports divisions. Knight has worked in PR for 17 years, working with brands and talent in music, entertainment and wider culture, and has experience in full-service publicity and comms campaigns. “Jenna is a first-class publicist and comms strategist who is innately passionate about crafting purposeful, powerful and impactful moments within culture for clients, said Megan Carver, founder and MD of Carver PR. “More than that, she shares our values and passions.” Knight added she had “long admired Megan as a powerhouse figure — and leader — in the entertainment PR space, and her values, vision and approach to how she conducts business are absolutely aligned with mine, which is extremely important to me.”

France Télévisions Adapting Frank Thilliez Novel As Series

Pubcaster France Télévisions has ordered an adaptation of a Frank Thilliez’s psychological thriller novel. Banijay France scripted labels Marathon Studio and Terence Films are co-producing Il Était Deux Fois (Twice Upon a Time) as a six-part drama. Eric Delafosse and France Jacquet are creating the adaptation with Florian Thomas and Valentin Vincent directing. Plot synopsis reads: “Set in 2013, police captain Gabrielle Moscato (played by Odile Vuillemin), a dedicated and determined mother, embarks on a desperate search for her missing daughter. When Moscato falls asleep in a hotel room, she wakes up twelve years later, in 2025, with no recollection of the time that has passed. A rare form of dissociative amnesia has erased her memories but has not dimmed her instinct as a police officer or as a mother. How far will she go to uncover the truth and save her daughter?” Vuillemin has been cast alongside the likes of Hubert Delattre, Nicole Calfan and Rémi Devilla.