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‘Call The Midwife’ Adds Miriam Margolyes For 2018 Christmas Special

Miriam Margolyes (Warner Bros' Harry Potter film series) has signed on for a guest-starring role in Call The Midwife for this year's Christmas special. Production on the special and the eighth season is now underway. She will play Sister Mildred, a forthright and indefatigable sister from the Order. She arrives unexpectedly at Nonnatus House, her hands full with four Chinese orphans. Having fled China, the child refugees were found abandoned in Hong Kong and are being adopted in the UK as part of the World Refugee Project.

‘Taskmaster’ Season 6 Opens To Record Ratings On Dave

UKTV has a hit on their hands with Taskmaster. The sixth season of the Greg Davies and Alex Horne fronted series kicked off on Dave last night to record ratings. Per the overnights, Taskmaster peaked with 778 000 viewers - the highest overnight rating in the show's history. The season premiere was also watched by more 25-34-year-olds than any other channel in it's slot last night, with the show’s 11.9% share of the demo up from a 2.1% slot average; beating both BBC1 and ITV.

Fired Up Films Inks Overall Deal With Entertainment One

Fired Up Films - the independent production company that was recently launched by Simon Howley and Jon-Barrie Waddell - has inked an overall deal with Entertainment One (eOne). Under the multi-year pact, eOne will co-produce and serve as the studio on scripted and non-scripted content.

Andrew Robertson & Henry Imbert Launch Entertainment Indie Very Nice

Veteran producers Andrew Robertson and Henry Imbert have teamed together to launch Very Nice, a new independent production company based in Scotland that will specialise in entertainment formats. The duo have a wealth of entertainment experience and pride themselves on launching an authentic Scottish indie. Very Nice will be based in Glasgow and will produce innovative, exciting shows and formats across a plethora of platforms.

NBCUniversal Unveils Brand Refresh For Flagship UK Channel Universal

NBCU's flagship UK channel is getting a (slightly) different name. Effective today, Universal Channel will now be known as Universal TV. The move is part of a global refresh for the channel brand, which is slowly being rolled out over the coming months.