Today, we are partnering with Words Across Europe to welcome Johnathan Young, Executive Producer at May One and former VP of Original Programming and Production at HBO Central Europe.
Words Across Europe is an innovative, paid programme that provides participants with a deep understanding of the broader industry landscape, along with the confidence to navigate series writing for television. Most exciting of all, the programme takes place entirely in virtual reality.
Johnathan is one of the industry experts and guest speakers involved in the programme.
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MAY ONE
MAY ONE is a boutique drama company focusing on developing and producing premium drama series that bring fresh stories to both a local and international audience, in a popular and accessible form.
Set up by HBO alums Johnathan Young and Ioanina Pavel and based out of Bucharest, Berlin and London, MAY ONE develops premium TV series, limited and ongoing. Pulling on years of experience in the TV industry, we develop four-quadrant, audience-first series with European cross-cultural through-lines and a Western angle, that can be shot organically in Eastern Europe. We’re basing this approach on the last original series we made for HBO Europe, Spy/Master, a spy thriller that came together through the combined efforts of talent from the UK, Romania, Germany, Poland and Hungary.
MAY ONE’s first commission was a local original series for NETFLIX, SUBTERAN, which debuted in January 2025 to number 1 in Romania and 5 worldwide.