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Man v. Food star Adam Richman is serving up a new culinary format for British broadcaster UKTV in which he will cook for celebrities their pick for a last meal on Earth. Entertainment One-owned producer Whizz Kid Entertainment is making the eight-part format for Dave, and it has been given the title Adam Richman: Suppe…

Anna Paquin’s dark comedy drama Flack may well find another home in the U.S. after it was abruptly pulled by Pop TV. Yesterday, it emerged that the ViacomCBS-backed network was pulling three of its five original series, including Flack, Florida Girls and Best Intentions. Flack was set to launch its second season on…

British broadcaster UKTV has unveiled its latest slate for entertainment network Dave. The BBC Studios-backed network has ordered Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable, a comedy format fronted by the former Great British Bake Off host and comedy and food format Big Zuu's Big Eats as well as new series of motoring show World's Mos…

All3Media International has sold both seasons of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Emmy-winning show Fleabag to Japanese pay-TV channel Wowow. Joanne Froggatt and Ioan Gruffudd’s drama Liar has also been picked up by Wowow. BBC One’s Baptiste will also debut in Japan through an agreement with Tohokushinsha Film Corporation. All…

British comedian John Bishop is going to cast a satirical eye over the week’s events in a new topical entertainment show for ITV. Details on the new format were thin, but it was unveiled at the ITV Palooza, an annual upfronts event at which the broadcaster attempts to wow advertisers with its line-up for the weeks and…

Discovery is launching its ad-funded streaming service Dplay in the UK and Ireland this week. The streamer will be stocked with content from Discovery’s free-to-air portfolio of channels and will feature shows including Quest Red’s Katie Price: My Crazy Life, made by ITV Studios’ MultiStory Media, and Cineflix…

Anna Paquin's dark comedy Flack is coming back for a second season on Pop TV and UKTV. Hawaii Five-0 alum Daniel Dae Kim and Jurassic Park‘s Sam Neill are joining the cast of the six-part season, with Paquin's True Blood co-star and husband Stephen Moyer making his series directorial debut with two episodes. Flack is…

Kim Cattrall has pulled out of British comedy series The Cockfields due to "unforeseen scheduling issues". The Sex and The City star, who is fronting Fox's soapy drama Filthy Rich, had been due to star in the three-part series for UKTV's Gold channel alongside After Life stars Joe Wilkinson and Diane Morgan. She has…

The multi-million-dollar deal between Discovery and the BBC to carve up multi-channel broadcaster UKTV has received regulatory approval in the UK. In April, the two companies finally came to an agreement on the future of the Flack broadcaster with Discovery taking control of three channels and BBC Studios acquiring…

Kim Cattrall is to star in a British comedy series alongside two of the stars of Ricky Gervais' After Life. The Sex and the City star, who is also fronting Fox's soapy drama Filthy Rich, is starring in three-part series The Cockfields for UKTV's Gold channel. The series stars Joe Wilkinson and Diane Morgan, who both…

Line of Duty's Martin Compston, Breaking Bad's Laura Fraser, Cheat's Molly Windsor and Travelers' Jennifer Spence are to star in UKTV's crime drama Traces. The quartet will front the six-part series, which is written by Scott & Bailey and This Life writer Amelia Bullmore and based on an original idea from crime writer…

Cheat creator Gaby Hull has written a six-part psychological thriller for UKTV's Alibi – the British broadcaster's second original drama since it moved into scripted commissioning. Hull, who wrote the ITV and Sundance Now college thriller, is behind We Hunt Together, produced by BBC Studios. This comes a week after…