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EXCLUSIVE: BBC2 and PBS have commissioned a War of the Worlds-style hybrid drama/documentary that spotlights a near future in which extra-terrestrial life has been detected. First Contact will combine real documentary interviews with some of the world’s most foremost scientists alongside a fictionalized narrative…

The BBC has commissioned history series from David Dimbleby and Konnie Huq, a Harry Enfield/Paul Whitehouse comedy and a Horrible Histories one-off, along with special episodes of some of its biggest hits, to commemorate its 100th year. Under the BBC 100 banner, the corporation will air the likes of the former Question…

Global Networks Swoop For Fremantle South Africa Drama ‘Reyka’ Fremantle’s debut South African drama Reyka has sold to UK’s Channel 4, Canada’s CBC, Canal+ in Europe and HBO LatAm. The news comes as BritBox North America prepares to launch the show, which comes from South African network M-Net and Fremantle with…

Grierson Awards: Netflix And BBC Neck-And-Neck Netflix was nearly neck-and-neck with the BBC at last night’s Grierson Awards, winning five gongs including for David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet in Best Single Documentary – Domestic. The streamer was only one behind the BBC’s six wins as the pair dominated on a…

Entertainment One (eOne) has struck an exclusive distribution deal with Northern Irish production outfit Alleycats Films. Under the terms of the deal, which was brokered by Noel Hedges, eOne's Executive Vice President of Acquisitions, the unscripted producer will develop and produce premium content for the global…

EXCLUSIVE: Sir Lenny Henry's Banijay-backed indie Douglas Road Productions is to spotlight Caribbean culture in the UK in an upcoming BBC2 arts documentary. Deadline hears production will commence next month in London on the show, which does not yet have a title. Commissioned out of Factual/Arts Director Patrick…