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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…

Showtime is to co-produce a second season of Daisy Haggard's comedy Back to Life with the BBC. The CBS-owned premium network has boarded the dark comedy as a co-production partner after acquiring the first season. The first season of the show, which is created and written by Daisy Haggard and Laura Solon, launched on…

The BBC’s online youth channel BBC Three has commissioned a second season of RuPaul's Drag Race UK before the first has finished airing. The drag queen battle will sashay its way back to Britain next year after whipping up more than 6.5M views for its first season on BBC streaming service iPlayer. The first season has…

The BBC is facing the very real threat of extinction unless it can urgently win back young viewers following the explosion in streaming services like Netflix and YouTube. That’s the eye-catching conclusion of an annual health check on the BBC’s output and operations by its regulator Ofcom, which published a 57-page…

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…