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ITV-backed producer Silverprint Pictures is to adapt crime novel The Long Call, from Vera and Shetland author Ann Cleeves, for television. The producer, which recently produced Tom Riley-fronted Dark Heart, has optioned the book, which is the first novel in Cleeves' Two Rivers series, from Rebecca Watson at Valerie…

Sky Arts has acquired Sounds Like Home, an inspirational documentary from Gunpowder & Sky about the power of music in connecting refugee voices and international artists from across the world. The film chronicles the story of Sofar Sounds' and Amnesty International's Give a Home project, a collection of musical…

EXCLUSIVE: The competition between U.S. streaming services to acquire premium British dramas is heating up as BritBox, the streaming service set up by BBC Worldwide and ITV, poached the latest season of detective drama Vera away from rival Acorn TV. I hear BritBox has picked up the eighth season of ITV Studios' Brenda…