Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators is returning for its sixth season, with filming having already commenced in Stratford-Upon-Avon. The new season of the popular cosy-crime drama, produced by BBC Studios Drama Productions in Birmingham, is a co-commission by BBC Content and UKTV, and will premiere exclusively on UKTV’s specialist crime drama channel, U&alibi in 2026, […]
The Rugby League Ashes series returns for the first time since 2003, as England take on Australia in a best-of-three Test match showdown this autumn. The tour will take place across three iconic venues: Wembley Stadium (October 25th), Everton’s new stadium at Bramley Moore Dock (1 November 1st), and AMT Headingley Leeds (November 8th). Fans […]
Italian production studio Rainbow has cast a spell on audiences worldwide with the return of its celebrated animated franchise, Winx Club, in the revival series, Winx Club: The Magic is Back. The new CGI version of the series, which follows the magical adventures of Bloom and her fairy friends, launched the first 13 of 26 […]
Ritu Arya (The Umbrella Academy) and Sanjeev Bhaskar (Unforgotten) star in The Split Up, a new six-part legal drama for BBC iPlayer and BBC One, with story and characters created by Ursula Rani Sarma (Smother, Delicious), based on The Split, created by multiple award-winning Abi Morgan (The Split, Eric) and produced by SISTER in association […]
S4C has commissioned a second season of the critically acclaimed psychological thriller Cleddau (The One That Got Away). Filming will begin in the autumn, with the new season set to air in 2026. The emotionally charged drama is once again produced by Blacklight (part of Banijay UK) and distributed globally by Banijay Rights, the global distribution arm of content […]
BBC Studios and Finnish public service broadcaster Yle have announced the renewal of their long-standing multi-genre output deal. This extension with Yle makes the partnership one of BBC Studios’ longest running in EMEA, with almost three decades of co-operation. Under the renewed agreement, Yle retains first look access to a range of content across BBC […]
On the opening day of MIPCOM, Warner Bros International Television Production (WBITVP) has announced a series of format deals across its unscripted catalogue, spanning reality, factual entertainment and dating. In India, Discovery Communications has commissioned FBoy Island, to be called FBoy Survival, for both Discovery Channel and the D+ platform. Produced by Fox6 Media, the […]
BBC Studios has announced a second international licence for the Magnum Productions’ gameshow format Wisdom of the Crowd. BBC Studios Germany is set to produce a local adaptation for RTL, Germany’s free-to-air broadcaster, to air in 2026. From the creators of the globally successful The 1% Club, Wisdom of the Crowd is a primetime entertainment format that […]
BBC Wales, BBC Network, and Creative Wales have partnered to fund the development of a major new factual entertainment series. Production companies with a substantive base in Wales are invited to pitch ideas that celebrate Welsh creativity while delivering entertainment to audiences across the UK. The BBC is looking for a returnable format, that unites […]
Lisa Nandy, the Culture Secretary, has indicated that Labour is considering a ‘mixed funding’ model for the BBC as the government looks for ways to replace the unpopular licence fee. Speaking during a fringe event at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool, Nandy said she was looking at a “whole range of options” to replace […]