UKTV has commissioned brand-new true crime documentary The Search for Leah Croucher: A Parent’s Nightmare (2×75’) for U. This U&Original series is produced by Impossible Factual and will air on free streaming service U and U&W in 2026. International distribution is being handled by ITV Studios. In February 2019, John and Claire Croucher’s lives were […]
UKTV has commissioned new docu-reality Prison Wives of TikTok (5×60’) on U&W. This U&Original series is produced by Flicker Productions and will air on free streaming service U, and U&W later this year, with US and international distribution is being handled by Fox Entertainment Global. This revealing new series follows five British women who have […]
Dara Ó Briain will host new comedy entertainment series Dara’s Dull Appreciation Society (4×40’) celebrating members of the public who take mundane to the max, on U’s free streaming service produced by Interstellar. Guests from across the country will showcase their seemingly dull, but actually quite interesting, collections, pastimes and passions. Dara and his board must […]
Pupular crime-drama The Marlow Murder Club (6×60’) is set to return for a fourth season on free-streaming service U in 2027. The six-part U&Original drama is co-produced by US broadcaster Masterpiece and Monumental Television in association with ITV Studios, with pre-investment from UKTV. Masterpiece Mystery! on PBS is the US broadcaster. Returning to solve more […]
UKTV is partnering with BritBox and Sony Pictures Television for a co-commission of a new period drama Chocolate Wars (working title), produced by Fable Pictures, in association with Alfresco Pictures, and written by Chloë Mi Lin Ewart (Curfew, All Creatures Great and Small, Beyond Paradise). The series will launch on free-streaming service U in 2027. […]
Factual entertainment series Pete Wicks: For Dogs’ Sake will return to free streaming service U and U&W with a brand‑new fourth season (8×60’) plus a two-part overseas special (2×60’) The series, which has won several awards including Best Popular Factual Programme at the Broadcast Digital Awards, and Best Lifestyle Show at the TV Choice Awards, […]
UKTV has secured the exclusive rights to the early back catalogue of iconic Australian soap-opera Neighbours, following a content deal with Fremantle. The agreement comprises 420 x 30-minute episodes, taking viewers back to the beginning of the series in 1985 and revisiting the origins of Ramsay Street, where some of its most iconic characters and […]
Channel 4 Sales, the advertising sales representative for UKTV, has announced Bradford based outdoor living brand Powersheds as sponsor of UKTV’s Powerful Entertainment strand found exclusively on U platforms. With creative led by Propaganda Brand Consultancy, the six-month sponsorship is set to broadcast across the U network on various channels spanning U&Dave, U&W, U&alibi and […]
Free streaming service U is launching new factual entertainment format Wagging Rights (6×60’) later this year, supported by a linear TX on U&Dave and U&W. Produced by Boldprint Studios, Wagging Rights follows five celebrities as they attempt to train their pet dogs to become show dogs. Rhod Gilbert, Harriet Kemsley, Kae Kurd, Sara Pascoe and Vicky Pattison are the five would-be trainers […]
UKTV has announced that Jonathan Newman stepped into the role of Chief Commercial Officer, alongside continuing wider BBC Studios responsibilities. Additionally, David Swetman has been appointed to the newly created role of Director of Content Partnerships & Sales (UK/Ireland), UKTV and BBC Studios. Newman (pictured), who recently played a key role in securing a deal […]