Vera is getting an expanded run. ITV has announced that the show's eleventh season, which was commissioned back in January, will consist of six feature-length episodes. Vera's first ten seasons each consisted of four feature-length episodes. 
BBC One has ordered The Cleaner, a six episode comedy series about a crime scene cleaner that hails from Greg Davies (Man Down, Taskmaster). The Cleaner tells the story of Paul ‘Wicky’ Wickstead (Greg Davies), who is a state-certified cleaning technician with a very special field of work: as a crime scene cleaner he is responsible for the removal of any signs of death. 
Hat Trick International has lined up a North American deal for Bloodlines. The international distributor has licensed U.S. and Canadian rights to the drama series, which hails from executive producer Jed Mercurio (Line of Duty, Bodyguard), to Acorn TV. 
Geraldine James (The Five, Anne With An E), Maeve Dermody (Carnival Row, Marcella) and newcomers Mia Tomlinson and Barney Sayburn have joined the cast of BritBox UK's first original drama series The Beast Must Die. 
Battlestar Galactica is returning to the UK. The BBC has acquired every episode of the Syfy original series after striking a deal with international distributor NBCUniversal Global Distribution. The series will premiere on the BBC on Saturday September 5th, when every episode will be available to stream on the iPlayer. BBC Two will also begin a linear broadcast of Battlestar Galactica on Saturday September 5th at 9:45pm. 
FX's Timothy Olyphant fronted drama Justified will launch as a box-set on All 4 on Friday September 11th, it has been announced. The Channel 4 owned and operated streaming service acquired all six seasons of the series back in July after striking a deal with international distributor Sony Pictures Television. 
Bulletproof star Noel Clarke has been set as the lead in Viewpoint, ITV's police surveillance thriller series from Waking The Dead scribe Ed Whitmore and Tiger Aspect Productions. He will play Detective Constable Martin King