SYFY UK has acquired the exclusive UK rights to Spides, an eight episode alien invasion thriller series from Katapult Filmproduktion and Red Sun Films. The eight episode series is expected to premiere in 2019. 
BBC One's three-part Andrea Levy adaptation The Long Song will premiere on Tuesday December 18th at 9pm, it has been announced. 
Bryncoed Productions has optioned the screen adaptation rights to C. L. R. James’ non-fiction book 'The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution', which was publisher in 1938 and charts the history of the Haitian Revolution of 1791-1804. Kwame Kwei-Armah OBE is on-board to adapt the book for television. 
Gold's Murder On The Blackpool Express sequel Death On The Tyne will premiere on Saturday December 15th at 9pm, it has been announced. 
The twelfth season of Murdoch Mysteries will receive its UK premiere on UKTV’s Alibi channel on Monday January 14th at 9pm, it has been announced. 
Hulu's Stephen King series Castle Rock will receive its UK premiere on StarzPlay – which is available in the UK on Amazon Prime via Amazon Channels and is set to launch on Virgin Media next week – on Friday December 14th, it has been announced.