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ITV is to examine the truth behind disgraced former TV star Rolf Harris’ abusive crimes in a two-part documentary series from All3Media-backed indie Optomen for soon-to-launch streamer ITVX. Rolf Harris: Hiding in Plain Sight (w/t) will speak to his victims, the police who investigated him and colleagues who worked…

EXCLUSIVE: The Kardashians’ journey to achieving stratospheric wealth is to be explored in a two-part documentary series from UK public broadcaster Channel 4, Deadline can reveal. The Kardashians: Billion Dollar Dynasty will examine how arguably the most influential family of the 21st century defied critics to build a…

The England soccer team’s wives and girlfriends could be heading to Netflix. It’s understood the streamer is in early stage discussions with All3Media-owned Optomen TV over a reality series that will shoot during the World Cup in Qatar later this year. According to The Sun, which first reported the news, Optomen has…

EXCLUSIVE: Top Gear and The Grand Tour star Richard Hammond has landed his first ever show on Channel 4, Deadline can reveal. Hammond is helming Richard Hammond’s Crazy Contraptions from All3Media-backed UK indie Optomen, in which engineering enthusiasts from around the UK must battle to create the most ingenious…

Gunpowder & Sky has hired development executive Paul Evans as its head of unscripted in the UK. Evans joins the studio immediately and will oversee all unscripted output from development to sale. He reports to Pasa Mustafa, Gunpowder & Sky's UK creative director. Evans has more than 15 years experience in the British…

The case of a British Army sergeant who was found guilty of attempting to murder his wife by tampering with her parachute was one of the most salacious of the summer. Emile Cilliers tampered with the equipment that he knew his wife, Victoria Cilliers, a highly experienced parachute instructor was going to use, days…

All3Media’s Optomen Productions has launched Optomen Entertainment, a Los Angeles-based entertainment division, and has hired veteran format creator and former Armoza Formats executive Elwin De Groot (The Four) as SVP of Entertainment. De Groot will report directly to President Maria Silver, working alongside Ricky…

Patricia Llewellyn, the influential producer who discovered Britain’s Jamie Oliver and transformed him into The Naked Chef, while also kick-starting the TV career of Gordon Ramsay, has died. The former chief of Optomen stepped down in 2016 and had been battling a long illness. She passed away over the weekend at age…