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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)…

Viacom is ready to expand the role of Channel 5 director of programs Ben Frow, giving him responsibility for Comedy Central, MTV, and Paramount Network in the UK. Details of the promotion are still being thrashed out and Frow is yet to sign up for the increased remit. Viacom is also in talks with other employees who…

EXCLUSIVE: Viacom's Channel 5 is continuing to cook up new entertainment formats with top tier talent – signing MasterChef presenter Gregg Wallace to host an adventure series. The British commercial broadcaster has commissioned Weekend Breaks with Gregg Wallace (wt), a four-part series produced by Rumpus Media, which…

Australian soap Neighbours is getting a spin-off. British broadcaster Channel 5 has commissioned a five-part run from American Gods producer Fremantle. The company is making 22-minute Neighbours: Erinsborough High for its digital service My5. The show, which will launch in November, will explore what goes on behind…

Viacom's Channel 5 has unveiled its latest drama slate including a thriller from Mr Selfridge writer Kate O'Riordan. The British broadcaster has ordered three-part series Penance and two-hour drama The Small Hand as well as the renewal of Blood, starring Line of Duty's Adrian Dunbar. This comes after Deadline revealed…

EXCLUSIVE: Viacom's Channel 5 is doubling down on its dive into drama with a four-part thriller from the creator of Derry Girls. The British broadcaster has ordered The Deceived from All3Media-owned producer New Pictures, the company behind Starz' The Spanish Princess, Netflix's The Innocents and HBO and Sky's…

EXCLUSIVE: British broadcaster Channel 5 is putting together Britain's Master Crafters (w/t), a Making It-style four-part entertainment format from the creator of Masterchef. The Viacom-owned network has commissioned Pi Productions, which is run by Masterchef and Grand Designs creator John Silver, to produce the…

Viacom's UK production studio has set its sights on moving into drama and children's programming as its sister broadcaster Channel 5 plots life after Big Brother. C5 unveiled its first annual financial results since the decision to cancel the long-running Endemol Shine format and despite a slight dip in turnover, it…

Damien Lewis: Spy Wars producer Alaska TV is sniffing out a U.S. sale of its latest format – a docu-series that takes four cocaine users on a dangerous journey to Colombia to learn about the effects of the class A drug. This comes after Viacom's Channel 5 commissioned three-part series Doing Drugs For Fun and WME will…

Viacom-owned Channel 5 has ordered UK series All Creatures Great And Small, a new adaptation of best-selling author James Herriot's humorous adventures of a young country vet. The celebrated books were previously adapted into a group of films and TV series in the 1970s. Howards End and Wolf Hall outfit Playground will…

EXCLUSIVE: Channel 5 is once again looking for love with its latest reality dating format Uptown Girls (w/t). The Viacom-owned broadcaster, which is the UK network behind The Bachelor, Blind Date and Make or Break, is working with Twenty Twenty, the Warner Bros-owned producer responsible for First Dates on the…