The BBC has acquired the UK rights to HBO Max's Gossip Girl. The series will air on both BBC One and BBC iPlayer later this year. In addition to acquiring the new series, the BBC has also acquired the original CW series. 
Ruth Madeley (The Accident, The Watch) has been tapped to star in Independence Day? How Disabled Rights Were Won, BBC Two's one-off factual drama about the people behind the campaign that eventually led to the passing of the Disability Discrimination Act. 
Netflix UK has ordered Hard Cell, a six episode prison comedy that hails from Catherine Tate (Nan, The Catherine Tate Show) and Leopard Pictures. Filming is now underway, ahead of a 2022 premiere. 
Lionsgate has boarded Costa, the supernatural crime drama that hails from Gaby Chiappe, Alex Perrin and BlackBox Multimedia. Lionsgate will co-produce and serve as the international distributor for the series. 
Eddie Marsan (Ray Donovan, Vice), Harry Treadaway (The Crown, Star Trek: Picard), Sion Daniel Young (Keeping Faith, Doc Martin), Rochenda Sandall (Line Of Duty, Criminal: UK) and Nathaniel Martello-White (I Hate Suzie, Collateral) have signed on to star opposite Niamh Algar (The Virtues, Raised by Wolves) in Channel 4's Deceit. 
The eleventh and final season of The Walking Dead will receive its UK premiere on Disney+'s Star on Monday August 23rd, it has been announced.