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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…

UK broadcaster Alibi, which is operated by Discovery and BBC-backed UKTV, is moving into original commissioning for the first time with a Happy Valley-meets-Silent Witness-esque crime drama. Traces is produced by Happy Valley and Safe producer Red Production Company. The drama is a six-part series written by Scott & Ba…

Darren Childs, the CEO of British multichannel broadcaster UKTV, has decided to step down from the role he has held for eight years. The company’s board made the announcement today, saying Childs will remain in the job until July 2 while new leadership options are explored for the next phase of UKTV’s growth. The…

EXCLUSIVE: Fleabag producer Two Brothers Pictures is developing a comedy drama based on British author Matt Haig's memoir Reasons To Stay Alive for UKTV. It marks a major scripted play for the Discovery and BBC-backed UK broadcaster, which has recently ramped up its activity in the genre with series such as Anna…