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EXCLUSIVE: BBC Studios-owned UKTV and Keshet are returning to the scene of a Richard Ayoade-hosted comedy game show after the original shoot was derailed by coronavirus. Keshet Productions UK will record a run-through of Question Team at the Rich Mix cinema and arts center in London on Thursday, with Ayoade presiding…

Filming Resumes On Official Competition Filming is back underway in Spain on Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas comedy feature Official Competition, which had to go on hiatus due to the pandemic. Cruz plays a renowned filmmaker who is recruited by a billionaire entrepreneur who impulsively decides to create an iconic…

UKTV's Alibi has greenlit Barcelona-set drama The Diplomat from Bodyguard producer World Productions and Cobra writer Ben Richards. It marks the third original drama from the broadcaster following We Hunt Together, which was recently picked up by Showtime, and Red Production Company's Traces. The six-part series…

Leading Scandi outfit Nordisk Film has bought film rights to Matilda Voss Gustavsson's acclaimed 2019 book The Club detailing sexual harassment and misconduct in a cultural institution with close ties to the renowned Swedish Academy. Maren Louise Käehne (Queen Of Hearts) will pen the script based on Gustavsson's…

Monty Python star John Cleese has voiced his disapproval of a decision by BBC Studios-owned broadcaster UKTV to scrub an episode of classic British comedy Fawlty Towers from its back catalog. UKTV removed “The Germans” from its Gold Box Set of downloadable programs, citing the fact that it contained “racial slurs.&#8221…

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…