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Drama

Council of Europe, EBU announce drama initiative

Tthe Council of Europe and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced a new joint initiative designed to identify early and support European drama series from the development stage. Developed by the Council of Europe’s Pilot Programme for Series Co-Productions, hosted by Eurimages, in partnership with the EBU Fiction Expert Group, the initiative is aimed at […]

January 29, 2026

TV 2 Denmark, Miso Film greenlight Side Effects series

TV 2 Denmark and Miso Film, a Fremantle company, have announced the greenlight of Side Effects (Fristelsen), a crime-thriller starring award-winning actress Josephine Park (Mango, Baby Fever). When a dockland security guard is murdered and a large shipment of pills containing a lethal opioid goes missing, Denmark’s top crime unit, led by Chief Investigator Nora […]

January 28, 2026

UKTV wraps filming on Bookish season 2

Following the recent wrap on filming for the second season of hit U&alibi drama Bookish (6×70’), UKTV has unveiled a first look at what’s in store for the guest stars and original ensemble. Star of Celebrity Traitors, Ruth Codd also joins the line-up as India Flynn. Bookish is created by Emmy Award-winning writer Mark Gatiss and is […]

January 26, 2026

The Testaments premieres on Disney+ this April

Disney has announced that the upcoming Original drama series The Testaments, a new chapter from the showrunner and executive producers of The Handmaid’s Tale, will premiere April 8th on Disney+ in the UK with three episodes, followed by new episodes weekly. An evolution of The Handmaid’s Tale,  The Testaments is based on Margaret Atwood’s novel of […]

January 26, 2026

Elle, the Legally Blonde prequel series, premieres in July on Prime Video

Prime Video has announced that Elle, the Legally Blonde prequel series from Hello Sunshine and Amazon MGM Studios, will premiere on July 1st, exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. Ahead of the series’ debut, Prime Video has also confirmed a second season of Elle. In Season One, Elle follows […]

January 22, 2026

The Madison premieres on Paramount+ this March

Paramount+ has announced that Taylor Sheridan’s The Madison, a love story channeled through a personal family drama about resilience and transformation, will premiere globally on the streaming platform on March 14th. The six episode debut season  is described as Sheridan’s most intimate work to date, unfolding across two distinct worlds – the beautiful landscape of […]

January 16, 2026

UKTV reports record audiences in 2025

UKTV has reported that it achieved its best performance on record in 2025, growing VoD viewing, linear share and its Share of Commercial Impacts (SOCI – a measure of UKTV’s share of the commercial TV audience). Following strong growth in 2024, the BBC Studios-owned broadcaster saw direct-to-consumer views to its free streaming service U grow […]

January 15, 2026

Sky commissions The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series

Sky has announced The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, an eight-part Sky Original series from Left Bank Pictures (The Crown, Dept Q), based on the globally bestselling novels written by Stieg Larsson. This bold and contemporary reimagining brings The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo into the present, grounded in the characters and investigative DNA of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium novels, with […]

January 13, 2026

Paramount+ orders season 5 of Mayor of Kingstown

Paramount+ has announced that Mayor of Kingstown has been renewed for an eight-episode fifth and final season, starring Oscar nominee Jeremy Renner and Emmy and Golden Globe winner Edie Falco. The series is co-created by Taylor Sheridan and Hugh Dillon. The fourth season, which currently has a 100 per cent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, ended […]

January 6, 2026

Beta Film closes European content deal with Canal+

Beta Film, the European independent film & television group, has secured a multi-territory licensing agreement with Canal+, bringing a selection of Beta’s European series to audiences across Europe, including Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Belgium and the Netherlands, among others. The deal spans multiple windows and platforms across Canal+’s regional services. Key highlights […]

December 18, 2025