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Sky History, the joint-venture UK television channel run by A+E Networks UK and Comcast-owned Sky, has canceled its reality competition series The Chop: Britain's Top Woodworker after questions arose over whether a contestant had Nazi tattoos emblazoned on his face. A+E Networks UK took The Chop off-air last week…

A+E Networks UK has commissioned a nine-part competition series for Sky History in which carpenters compete to be crowned Britain's Top Woodworker. The Chop: Britain's Top Woodworker is produced by Big Wheel Film & Television and Motion Content Group, and will be hosted by comedian Lee Mack, presenter Rick Edwards…

EXCLUSIVE: Damian Lewis is doing factual: The Billions and Homeland star has signed up for an eight-part documentary series about spies for A+E Networks' UK network History. The Wolf Hall actor is to front Damian Lewis: Spy Wars (w/t), a docu-drama that will tell the true stories behind some of the most important…

EXCLUSIVE: Former A+E Networks UK programming exec Koulla Anastasi has joined British production company Woodcut Media. Anastasi, who left the U.S. cable operator, where she ran the UK arm of Lifetime and CI (Crime & Investigation), earlier this summer, becomes Strategy and Development Consultant at the company, which…

EXCLUSIVE: A+E Networks UK is exploring more true crimes with its latest British origination – a series that looks at what killers do after their crimes, fronted by Life on Mars and Outcast star Philip Glenister. The British arm of the U.S. cable giant has commissioned What The Killer Did Next, produced by Last Week To…

Beginning Friday on History in the UK, A+E Networks will broadcast a one-hour special event documentary about the Paris attacks that claimed at least 130 lives. Terror: Seven Days In Paris looks at the tragedy in the context of a world faced with the threat of international terrorism. Throughout the rest of the EMEA…

Munich-based Global Screen has picked up international rights to Berlin-set series Capital Power. The six-part political thriller was commissioned by German public TV ARD and is directed by Friedemann Fromm. Stars include Anna Loos (Night Over Berlin, Anatomy), Thomas Thieme (The Lives Of Others) and Burghart…

Network Ten Cancels ‘Everybody Dance Now’ Australia's Network Ten has axed Everybody Dance Now, a reality dance show hosted by Sarah Murdoch, the wife of Ten chairman Lachlan Murdoch. The network pulled the plug on the show produced by FremantleMedia after airing just three episodes. The premiere, which featured U.S.…