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BBC3 has named Nasfim Haque as its Head of Content after controller Fiona Campbell was promoted to a new role overseeing the British broadcaster’s youth audience. Haque has been BBC3’s interim Channel Editor for more than a year but has now been confirmed as the youth channel’s content chief. She…

EXCLUSIVE: Stath Lets Flats producer Roughcut TV has hired two development execs to bolster its scripted comedy/drama credentials and is taking the hit Channel 4 comedy back out to U.S. networks. Roughtcut Managing Director Ash Atalla said Jamie Demetriou’s three-time-BAFTA-winning comedy about a hapless North…

BBC3’s opening night back on linear TV will feature a World Cup-style RuPaul’s Drag Race competition, as the network unveils the first shows to feature on the refreshed channel. RuPaul's Drag Race: UK Versus The World will see nine international Drag Race alumni, including those from the U.S., head to the UK, which…

EXCLUSIVE: BBC3 controller Fiona Campbell has been tipped to permanently take on Patrick Holland’s Director of Factual, Arts and Classical Music role, with several internal candidates also thought to be in the running. Campbell is overseeing Holland’s vast brief temporarily until he moves to Banijay in April and…

EXCLUSIVE: With a return to linear just around the corner, BBC3 channel controller Fiona Campbell is to take on Patrick Holland’s Factual, Arts and Classical Music brief temporarily from this week, as the network seeks a Channel Editor to support Campbell. Holland is departing to Banijay UK to be Executive Chair in…

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…