UPDATE This deal has now been signed, a major boon for British producers. Previous, August 23. Viacom-owned British broadcaster Channel 5 has agreed a terms of trade deal with independent producers that will simplify complicated rights’ negotiations. The network, which airs series such as Big Brother in the UK, is on…

My Dad Wrote A Porno, the breakout British podcast, is finally set to be adapted for U.S. television with co-creator James Cooper revealing that a deal for the show is imminent. The podcast sees Cooper, Jamie Morton and Alice Levine read extracts of a self-published porno written by Morton's mild-mannered father…

NBC reality chief Paul Telegdy has stated that Comcast acquiring Sky would be a "great thing" that would lead to further collaboration between the European pay-TV giant and the Hollywood studio. Telegdy gave his thoughts on the drawn out mega-merger at the Edinburgh International TV Festival, where he was giving the…

Christopher Robin and Killing Eve star Ken Nwosu is to front a three-part drama written by Doctor Foster creator Mike Bartlett for ITV. The British broadcaster has ordered The Man, to be directed by Julia Ford, who recently worked on Netflix's Michael C Hall-fronted thriller Safe. Produced by ITV Studios' Tall Story Pi…

Netflix is doubling down on unscripted series with a raft of new titles including a new cooking from the producers of MasterChef and a pair of magic projects. The SVOD service has ordered The Final Table, Death by Magic and Derren Brown: Sacrifice alongside confirmation of projects including football doc Sunderland Til…

EXCLUSIVE: Viacom's British broadcaster Channel 5 is getting back into the drama business – commissioning a four-part psychological thriller – its first original drama order in four years. The broadcaster has ordered Cold Call from Chalkboard TV. Written by Karyn Dougan-Buckland and Mark Buckland, Cold Call is a dark…

Michaela Coel has revealed that she was sexually assaulted during the writing of British comedy Chewing Gum and has outlined how production company behind the show dealt with the aftermath of the attack. The multi-hyphenate opened up about the "life-changing" experience during her MacTaggart lecture at the Edinburgh…

Discovery is to get back into natural history and live events and supercharge its existing franchises such as Gold Rush after recently installed channel boss Nancy Daniels admitted that the Discovery channel is a "turnaround job". Daniels, who joined as Chief Brand Officer, Discovery & Factual in March 2018, lifted…

YouTube Premium is to debut 50 original series in 2019 and has got a range of celebrity-driven formats in development with producers of "all shapes and sizes". Luke Hyams, head of originals, YouTube, EMEA, lifted the lid on the Google-owned company's content drive in Europe, Middle East and Africa, at the Edinburgh…

Peaky Blinders is set to get even bigger after the BBC moved the period gangster thriller from BBC Two to BBC One. The scheduling move will likely mean that Steven Knight's drama, centered around the Shelby crime family, will add to the 3.6M audience that tuned in for the finale of season four. That season was the…

The British remake of Lifetime's The Rap Game has landed at BBC Three. The UK public broadcaster has ordered a six-part series from Simon Andreae's Naked Television after the FremantleMedia-backed firm optioned the rights from A+E Networks. Five aspiring British MCs will move into a residential recording studio to…

EXCLUSIVE: Why does everyone hate the English? That's the question being posed by British comedian Al Murray in a five-part series for A+E Networks' History. The British pay broadcaster has ordered Al Murray: Why Does Everyone Hate The English? from Last Week Tonight with John Oliver producer Avalon. The comedian…