After much anticipation, BBC and HBO have confirmed the autumn release of the second series of His Dark Materials, based on the books by Philip Pullman and with a cast and crew packed full of United Agents clients. James McAvoy and Ruta Gedmintas return as Lord Asriel and Serafina Pekkala,...

The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) has announced the 2020 IFTA Nominations for the Irish Academy Awards across 25 categories in Film and Drama, and we are delighted that a number of UA clients have been recognised.

We are pleased to announce that UA have a whole host of clients involved in this year’s TV Choice Awards!

Yesterday marked the 25 th anniversary of the first publication of NORTHERN LIGHTS (Scholastic, 1995), the first book in Philip Pullman’s iconic HIS DARK MATERIAL trilogy. To celebrate, Penguin Random House have announced the publication of SERPENTINE, a 16-year-old, never before seen story that links HIS DARK MATERIALS with...

We are hugely excited by the recent announcement for the forthcoming film adaptation of Graham Swift’s novel MOTHERING SUNDAY starring Olivia Coleman and written by Alice Birch.

The story starts on Mothering Sunday, 1924. How will Jane Fairchild (Odessa Young), orphan and housemaid, occupy her time when she has...

LIFE AS A UNICORN by Amrou Al-Kahi was one of just four winners of the 2020 Somerset Maugham Awards. Published in harback by 4th Estate (HarperCollins) in 2019, the paperback will be published this Autumn.

"It should be read far and wide" - Ian McKellan.

W. Somerset Maugham...

Many congratulations to George Szirtes , whose hybrid work of biography and memoir about his mother's life and the Holocaust, THE PHOTOGRAPHER AT SIXTEEN: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF A FIGHTER (Maclehose Press, 2019), has been shortlisted in the Biography category of the James Tait Black Prizes 2020. The prizes...

We are delighted to announce Alan Bennett’s iconic Talking Heads is back! The series will begin on BBC One from 9pm on Tuesday 23rd June.

Written and created by Alan Bennett, Episodes are directed by Nicholas Hytner and Jonathan Kent, Music composed by George Fenton.

Tuesday 23...

Set in a dystopian near-future, short film FINGERS CROSSED is a comedy of manners and has never been more relevant as today.

Directed by Sacha Teulon, the film features hypnotic Costume Design by UA’s incredibly talented Gabriela Yiaxis and performances by UA’s Jason Watkins and Clara Francis ....

The nominations for this year’s BAFTA Television Awards have been announced, and we are delighted to have a plethora of UA clients nominated!