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A day after the ViacomCBS merger closed, the company's international networks are already starting to work together. UK broadcaster Channel 5 and Australian broadcaster Network Ten have co-commissioned drama thriller Breathless. The four-part series is produced by Fremantle and stars Station 19 star Brett Tucker and Ea…

Viacom is to spend more on original commissions in the UK after promoting Channel 5 content boss. Frow becomes director of programmes for Viacom International Media Networks, a move that puts him in charge of content across brands including MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and Paramount Network in the UK. The news…

British broadcaster Channel 5 will keep its commitment to commissioning a "wide range" of UK-originated productions following the merger between Viacom and CBS – a move that has satisfied regulator Ofcom. The British regulator has concluded that the change in ownership of the network "would not have a prejudicial…

EXCLUSIVE: Viacom’s Channel 5 has raided the BBC again for on-screen talent — this time poaching the cooking duo known as the Hairy Bikers for a chocolate-making competition in partnership with Nestlé. Deadline can reveal that David Myers and Simon King will make their first major non-BBC show for Channel 5, in a…

Viacom's UK network Channel 5 is plotting an adaptation of classic Welsh novel How Green Is My Valley and a new version of Oliver Twist and as it doubles down on its drama drive. The broadcaster held a lavish event at London's Renaissance Hotel in Kings Cross last night to showcase its latest slate and its recent…

Ben Frow, the director of programs at Viacom’s Channel 5, has said he wants to commission a second season of its PBS Masterpiece co-production All Creatures Great And Small before the first has even aired. Speaking at a Channel 5 upfronts event in London on Tuesday night, Frow said he watched the first episode of the P…

Natural history documentaries about the Atlantic and an elephant hospital as well as a look inside lead the latest slate for Viacom's UK network Channel 5. The terrestrial broadcaster has ordered a slew of documentaries and history series to air in 2020. The Atlantic is a four-part series co-produced by Endemol…

The Bletchley Circle star Julie Graham and Line of Duty's Neil Morrissey are to star in psychological thriller Penance for Viacom's Channel 5. The pair will be joined by Nico Mirallegro (The Village), Tallulah Greive (Millie in Between), Art Malik (The Woman in White) and Wanda Ventham (Sherlock) in the three-part…

Viacom’s Channel 5 has bagged another couple of BBC presenters to make an event show about the climate change emergency. Chris Packham — who has worked at the BBC for decades on shows including Springwatch, Autumnwatch, and Winterwatch — will host 100,000 Trees with Chris Packham (working title), which will raise…

EXCLUSIVE: BBC Studios is developing an access documentary on one of Britain’s biggest restaurant chains, with Viacom’s Channel 5 the likely destination for the show. Deadline has learned that BBC Studios wants to take viewers behind the scenes of Pizza Express, which operates 627 restaurants in the UK and is many…

ITV and the BBC have signed up Viacom as a big new partner for their best of British streamer BritBox. The platform will host hundreds of hours of content from Viacom-owned Channel 5 and Comedy Central when it launches in the U.K. later this year. The content will not appear on the U.S. version of BritBox. BritBox did…

EXCLUSIVE: Viacom's Channel 5 has hunted down two more Agatha Christie dramas following the success of last year's Agatha and the Truth of Murder. The British broadcaster has commissioned Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar (w/t) and Agatha and the Death of X (w/t) from Endemol Shine's Darlow Smithson Productions (DSP)…