BBC Factual has announced that Sue Perkins is to present Curve Media’s Chess Masters (w/t) for BBC Two and iPlayer. Also providing expert commentary will be three-time British chess champion and ...

The BBC and Firebird Pictures (Wilderness, The Jetty, Outrageous) have announced lead casting for Wild Cherry, Nicôle Lecky’s upcoming second drama for the BBC, following the BAFTA-winning Mood. The ...

Zinc Media Group has acquired ‘blue light’ indie Raw Cut. Raw Cut has built a strong reputation in ‘blue light’ programming over 20 years, including long-running series such as Road Wars and Police ...

Warner Bros. Discovery, in partnership with Future Publishing’s Future Studios and distributor TVF International, has announced a reboot of factual series ‘Body Bizarre’. The 10 x 45’ series is ...

Slow Horses indie, See-Saw Films, has signed a first look deal with A Gentleman In Moscow screenwriter and showrunner Ben Vanstone. Ben Vanstone created and showran A Gentleman In Moscow for ...

James Dinsdale, Virtual Production Supervisor, Dimension/DNEG 360 explains how virtual production was used to help Taika Waititi bring Apple TV+ series, Time Bandits, to life. Virtual production (VP) ...

Long Story TV, Triongl and APC Studios have started production on the second chapter in The Light In The Hall / Y Golau anthology series for Welsh public broadcaster S4C and AMC Networks’ Sundance Now ...

Creative Access has added Dean Webster, Head of Development at Ten66 Television, to its board. Webster participated in the 2023 – 24 Steering Group; a training programme for future charity trustees ...

Deep Fusion Films has announced the commission of a new 8-part podcast series Virtually Parkinson hosted by an AI replica of the late Sir Michael Parkinson to be launched later this year. The podcast ...

Sony Pictures Television has launched Hot Sauce, a Belfast-based production company run by Blue Lights creators, Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson. The backing from SPT will see Hot Sauce launch as a ...

ITV Studios’ Happy Prince has optioned the rights to Wideacre, the bestselling novel from The Other Boleyn Girl and The White Queen author, Philippa Gregory. The book will be adapted by Dominic ...

BBC Two and BBC Music have commissioned WHAM!: Last Christmas Unwrapped – an “hour-long celebration” of the song’s 40th anniversary from Blink Films and Sony Music Entertainment, in association with ...