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BBC Three is returning to UK TV screens. The channel is coming back to the air after pivoting to OTT back in 2015, the org confirmed today. The move has been expected following hits on the platform such as Normal People and Fleabag. There was a campaign back in 2015 spearheaded by notable industry figures including…

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC’s youth service BBC Three has renewed its remake of Lifetime series The Rap Game for a third season. The series, which sees talented MCs compete for a record deal, is made by Fremantle UK producer Naked, which is currently crewing up for the Season 3 shoot. Casting is underway and the show will…

It’s known as the “Strictly curse” — Strictly Come Dancing’s record for disrupting relationships because celebrities fall for their professional partners. Now, the BBC is going to fully embrace the chemistry-creating element of its famous dance show in a new BBC Three format, working titled Dance Crush. BBC Studios…

EXCLUSIVE: Hulu and BBC Three are set to co-produce a documentary series in which actress, model, and singer Cara Delevingne explores issues of sexual and gender identity. Deadline can reveal that Hulu and the BBC are on the brink of finalizing a deal for the six-part series, with Belisa Balaban, vice president of…

The BBC’s youth streaming service BBC Three has acquired the first season of Comedy Central’s hit scripted comedy Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens. The 10-part series will land on BBC Three later this year and is headlined by Awkwafina, who stars in Crazy Rich Asians and won a Golden Globe in January for her role in The F…

BBC Three has taken UK rights to Luca Guadagnino's debut TV project, the eight-part series We Are Who We Are, from Fremantle. Starring Chloë Sevigny, Jack Dylan Grazer, and Alice Braga, the show tells the story of two American kids who live on a U.S. military base in Italy. The series explores friendship, first-love…

EXCLUSIVE: Jimmy Mulville, the BAFTA-winning British producer who was a ferocious opponent of the BBC’s decision to sideline BBC Three, has applauded the broadcaster for its volte-face over the youth network. The Hat Trick Productions boss teamed up with Avalon co-executive chairman Jon Thoday in 2015 to launch an…

The BBC will today confirm that it is considering reversing a decision to make its youth network BBC Three an online-only service following the runaway success of shows like Fleabag and Normal People. The British broadcaster will set out its thinking on bringing BBC Three back to television in its annual plan — a…

The television adaptation of Sally Rooney's Normal People will be hitting screens in the U.S. and UK after Hulu and the BBC set premiere dates for the youth-skewing drama. Watch the new trailer below. Interestingly, the British public broadcaster will go first with the series with all 12 episodes airing on BBC Three…

The BBC has given serious consideration to the idea of moving BBC Three back to television four years after the youth network became an online-only service through BBC streaming service iPlayer. Deadline understands that BBC top brass have held talks about the possibility of reversing the controversial decision to…

The U.S. remake of People Just Do Nothing is not going to series at Amazon. The streamer piloted a version of the successful BBC Three comedy, which was produced by The Office producer Ash Atalla. However, Vernon Sanders, Co-Head, TV at Amazon Studios, told Deadline at the Winter TCA press tour that the project was…

The BBC has acquired the UK rights to Hulu's Aidy Bryant-fronted comedy series Shrill. The British public broadcaster will air the series, from Warner Bros. Television, on its youth-skewing network BBC Three. It is the latest Hulu series making its way to the BBC after the latter picked up Looking For Alaska. The BBC…