Paramount+ has announced that Mayor of Kingstown will return for its fourth season on October 26th, starring Oscar nominee Jeremy Renner and Emmy and Golden Globe winner Edie Falco. The teaser trailer can be viewed here. Mayor of Kingstown is co-created by Oscar nominee Taylor Sheridan and Hugh Dillon. The drama series is produced by […]
King & Conqueror is coming to the BBC this August, with all episodes of the historial drama available on BBC iPlayer from 6am on August 24th and the first episode airing on BBC One that same evening. King & Conqueror is the story of a clash that defined the future of a country – and […]
ITV’s Director of Drama, Polly Hill, has commissioned The Blame, a new series produced by acclaimed Quay Street Productions (part of ITV Studios) that is written, developed for television and executive produced by Megan Gallagher (All Her Fault, Wolf). The drama dives into secrets, suspicion and systemic corruption – all under the surface of this […]
ITV Studios has announced a series of sales to CBC across its drama slate. Picked up by Canada’s national public broadcaster for exclusive Canadian premieres on the free CBC Gem streaming service are Optics, Four Years Later, the second series of Showtrial and the final season of hit comedy Brassic. The deal was brokered by Craig Bohland, VP Sales, […]
UKTV has announced that Adrian Edmondson (Rain Dogs, A Spy Among Friends) and Lesley Sharp (Red Eye, Before We Die) will be joining Damien Molony in the re-imagined series of Bergerac (6×60’). The six-part U&Original series will return for a second instalment on free-streaming service U and U&DRAMA in 2026, with filming now underway. Bergerac […]
Viaplay Content Distribution continues to strengthen its international catalogue, securing global sales rights for three distinctive series: the dramedies Adults and Suburbia, and character driven comedy Second Run. Produced by leading Swedish production company FLX, these series showcase the diversity of Nordic storytelling, blending sharp humour, emotional depth, and compelling narratives. With award-winning talent both […]
There are plenty of TV and film production centres in the Middle East, notably Cairo and today’s Dubai. Both have invested millions of dollars to ensure that their facilities are ‘state of the art’ and that local, regional and international programmers can find the talent and backstage skills needed. But there was a time when […]
Channel 4 has announced that Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us, Time) will co-lead the cast of Maya, the 6×60’ drama written and created by BAFTA and International Emmy-nominated Daisy Haggard (Back To Life, Breeders). Starring alongside Ramsey, Haggard will also make her directorial debut and co-direct the original Two Brothers (The Tourist, Fleabag, Boat Story) […]
UK-based distributor DCD Rights has secured sales of more than 100 hours of drama titles to CEE ahead of their attendance at NEM and NATPE Budapest later this June. Profour (Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia) has acquired season 5 of My Life is Murder, starring Lucy Lawless, whilst seasons 1-4 have been acquired by BBC […]
BBC Children’s and Education has commissioned Crookhaven, an action-packed 8 x 45-minute TV adaptation of J.J. Arcanjo’s hit book series, which has sold globally in 16 languages across the world, and has been created for television by Justin Young (Ripper Street, Death In Paradise, Sanditon). Produced by BBC Studios Kids & Family Productions, Crookhaven shoots in Northern […]