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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…

The U.S. border is the focus of a ten-part series from British multichannel broadcaster UKTV. The Discovery and BBC Studios joint venture has ordered Borderforce: America's Gatekeepers, which will features "unprecedented" access to the U.S. border force. It will air on Dave. The ten-part series will follow the…

British pay-TV operator Virgin Media and UKTV, a joint venture between Discovery and BBC Studios, has ended its carriage dispute. The dispute, which lead to the blackout of all UKTV channels on the Liberty Global-backed service, has been one of the most high-profile in the UK and has lasted for weeks. However, the two…

UKTV, which is a joint venture between Discovery and BBC Studios, has handed British comedians Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster a new comedy panel show. This comes as its carriage feud with UK cable operator Virgin Media rumbles on. The multichannel broadcaster has commissioned eight-part entertainment format Hypothet…