Gilmore Girls is coming to Netflix. The streaming giant has acquired global streaming rights to the original seven season run of the show after striking a deal with Warner Bros. International Television Distribution, TVWise has learned. All seven seasons of the show will be available to stream worldwide on Netflix from July 1st. 
Channel 4 has ordered The Disabled Dangerous Sports Club, a one-off film that follows a group of people with disabilities determined to push themselves to the limit, TVWise has learned. The Disabled Dangerous Sports Club follows four disabled people, led by Bazza (AKA The Chair Devil), as they tackle some of the more adrenaline fueled sports now open to disabled people, such as Bungee jumping, sky diving and waterskiing. 
BBC One has given the green-light to Three Girls, a three-part drama about the Rochdale abuse scandal, TVWise has learned. Three Girls is based on the experiences of the girls who were groomed in Rochdale in the five years between 2008 and 2012, for which nine men were convicted and sentenced. The drama explores how these girls were groomed, how they were ignored by the authorities directly responsible for protecting them, and how they eventually made themselves heard. Channel 4 is adding to their daytime schedule with My Floating Home, a seven episode series hosted by Mark Evans which hails from Windfall Films and Remedy Canada, TVWise has learned. My Floating Home explores the growing trend of people leaving land-locked suburbia in pursuit of the dream of owning and living in the ultimate waterside home. 
Some two months after The Guardian announced that they would no longer be producing TV review show Telly Addict, critic and host Andrew Collins has brought the format to UKTV. The multi-channel broadcaster will now produce ten minute episodes of Telly Addict, which will be made available on their YouTube channel. 
Netflix & CBC have found the lead for their co-production Alias Grace. Sarah Gadon (11.22.63, Murdoch Mysteries) has been tapped to play the part of real-life serial killer Grace Marks in the six episode miniseries, which is based on the Margaret Atwood novel of the same name, TVWise has learned. 
EXCLUSIVE: The Bastard Executioner has found a UK home. History UK has acquired the exclusive UK broadcast rights to Kurt Sutter's short-lived FX series after striking a deal with Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution, TVWise has learned. 
ITV has given the green-light to Tina & Bobby, a three-part Tina and Bobby Moore drama from EastEnders scribe Lauren Klee and ITV Studios, TVWise has learned. Michelle Keegan (Ordinary Lies) plays Tina, while Lorne MacFadyen (Granchester) has been cast as Bobby.