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BBC Three has picked up the UK rights to Hulu's forthcoming YA series Looking For Alaska. The eight-part show will debut day-and-date with Hulu, dropping online in the UK from 10am on October 19 – the day after its U.S. launch. All episodes will be available. The series is based on John Green's eponymous novel and…

EXCLUSIVE: The Phoebe Waller-Bridge comedy Fleabag enjoyed a massive post-Emmys bump – more than doubling demand in a raft of English-speaking markets including the U.S., UK, New Zealand and Canada. The data, from research firm Parrot Analytics, shows that demand for the British comedy, produced by All3Media-backed…

BBC Three has commissioned horror drama Red Rose from eOne and Sex Education producer Eleven Film. The eight-part series is being written by Michael and Paul Clarkson. The series follows a disparate group of teenagers, adrift in the long hot summer following GCSEs, hanging out on the Bolton moors with little sense of…

HBO Max and BBC Three have partnered on a six-part comedy created by, written by and starring New Zealand-born comedian Rose Matafeo. They have ordered Starstruck from the 2018 Edinburgh Comedy Award winner, who is based in London and has appeared on BBC's Have I Got News For You, W1A and Channel 4's The Great British…

The guest list for the BBC's remake of RuPaul's Drag Race keeps growing, with legendary supermodel Twiggy and ex-Girls Aloud pop star Cheryl joining the competition format. The pair have been added as celebrity guest judges for RuPaul's Drag Race UK, which will launch on BBC Three later this year. Twiggy was the face…

Spider-Man star Andrew Garfield and Chewing Gum star and creator Michaela Coel are to set to sashay away on the BBC's remake of RuPaul's Drag Race. The pair are the latest A-list stars to join the show. They will feature alongside Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams, Spice Girls' Geri Horner and Little Mix's Jade…

Michelle Visage is joining Rupaul in the UK version of Drag Race. The BBC has confirmed Visage, who has judged eight seasons of the U.S. format and four seasons of the All-Stars spin-off, will appear as a judge on the BBC Three show. The eight-episode adaptation, which is being produced by World of Wonder for the…

Fleabag and Clique broadcaster BBC Three has named documentary producer Fiona Campbell as its new boss. The youth skewing online network has appointed Campbell, who is currently Head of BBC Studios' Documentary Unit, as its new Controller, to start in the new year. This follows the departure of Damian Kavanagh to…

RuPaul's Drag Race is being remade in the UK after the BBC ordered a local version from World of Wonder. The competition format is coming to youth-skewing BBC Three in 2019. RuPaul will be on the lookout to crown one of the UK's top drag artists the 'Queen of Great Britain' in the eight-part series. Contestants will…

BBC Three and Amazon have revealed the first look at Season 2 of Phoebe Waller-Bridge's comedy Fleabag as filming begins. The second season, which is produced by All3Media's Two Brothers Pictures, will pick up not too far from the end of the first season. Fleabag's family is as dysfunctional as ever: her uptight…

Simon Andreae's Naked Television has scored a makeover format for youth-skewing British broadcaster BBC Three. The Fremantle-backed indie, which is run by Fox's former reality chief and Naked and Afraid creator, is making 21 Again (w/t). The four-part series follows five moms aged 35-45, undergoing a make-under to…

Damian Kavanagh, who is Controller of BBC Three, has been named Managing Director of Peaky Blinders co-producer Tiger Aspect. He leaves the BBC after four years in charge of the youth-skewing broadcaster, which was moved online in 2016. This follows the departure of Ben Cavey to Netflix's comedy team in LA earlier…