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Banijay Entertainment unveils 2026 London TV Screenings line-up

Media and entertainment powerhouse, Banijay Entertainment, has unveiled 2026 London TV Screenings line-up, featuring a slate of must-see content across scripted, factual and formats. Once again taking place at BAFTA 195 Picadilly, on February 25th, the showcase will run across two dedicated sessions – AM and PM. Highlighting the company’s scale and world-leading creative strength, […]

February 17, 2026

Prime Video hails success of international Originals

Prmie Video reports that its non-English language movies and series are engaging global audiences more than ever, with an abundance of new titles in the pipeline that were presented at the inaugural Prime Video Presents: International Originals showcase in London. Introduced by Vice President of Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios International, Kelly Day, and hosted […]

February 12, 2026

Scarpetta debuts on Prime Video this March

Prime Video has unveiled the official trailer and key art for Scarpetta, the new forensic crime thriller based on Patricia Cornwell’s bestselling Kay Scarpetta book series, developed and written for television by Liz Sarnoff. With over 120 million copies sold worldwide since the character’s debut in 1990, this adaptation marks the first time the forensic pathologist has […]

February 11, 2026By Nik Roseveare

Alfie Allen joins the cast of The Institute season 2

MGM+, the linear channel and streaming service, has announced that production on the second season of the hit thriller horror series The Institute, based on the best-selling Stephen King novel, began February 3rd in Halifax. Alfie Allen (Game of Thrones, Rogue Heroes) joins the cast playing Nolan Reeves, an eccentric European tech billionaire and one […]

February 4, 2026

Amazon MGM Studios lays out genre-based restructuring

After joining Amazon MGM in September 2025, Netflix’s US Scripted Series boss Peter Friedlander (pictured) is re-organising the division into genre-specific units: drama & comedy, worldbuilding, animation and unscripted — for both development and current. The TV division had been previously structured around wholly owned series and co-productions. As part of the new arrangement, Laura […]

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

Bait, starring Riz Ahmed, premieres on Prime Video this March

Prime Video has released a first-look and a preview clip for the upcoming comedy series Bait, starring Riz Ahmed. All six-episodes will be available on March 25th, exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.  Bait stars Ahmed as Shah Latif, a struggling actor, whose last chance to hit it big comes […]

January 20, 2026

First look at Sophie Turner as Lara Crift in Prime Video’s Tomb Raider

Amazon MGM Studios has announced that production is underway on Tomb Raider, marking the kick-off with a first-look image of Sophie Turner as Lara Croft in the new Prime Video series, Tomb Raider.  The Prime Video series is based on the iconic Tomb Raider video game franchise, which follows the adventures of world-famous archaeologist and adventurer Lara […]

January 15, 2026

The Hillside Strangler premieres on MGM+ this January

MGM+ has unveiled the official trailer for The Hillside Strangler. The upcoming docuseries, which follows the serial killer who sparked the longest criminal trial in US history, will premiere on the streaming platform on January 18th. In the late 1970s, Los Angeles was the serial murder capital of the world: The Freeway Killers; The Toolbox Killers; The […]

January 8, 2026

Vanished series premieres on Prime Video in February

Prime Video has announced that Vanished, a four-part mystery thriller series starring Sam Claflin and Katie Cuoco from AGC Television, a division of Stuart Ford’s prolific independent content studio AGC Studios, will premiere on February 27th on Prime Video in the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand with all episodes available at once. Additionally, […]

December 17, 2025