Sky1 has green-lit production on Silver Surfers (working title), a six episode cross-generational series which is described as a "social experiment" that aims to explore the digital generation gap. 
BBC One has commissioned an adaptation Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling's Cormoran Strike novel series (written under the nom de plume Robert Galbraith), which is envisioned by the BBC's flagship channel as "a major new television series". 
After months of near silence, the BBC today revealed details of their controversial plan to shutter BBC Three as a linear broadcast service and move the channel online. 
UKTV's Watch channel has released a trailer for their new factual entertainment format Memory Slam. 
Channel 4 has handed out a not-for-broadcast pilot order to Flowers, a new comedy from Black Pond scribe Will Sharpe starring Olivia Colman (Broadchurch) and Julian Barratt (Treasure Island). 
Comedy Central UK has hired 'Drunk History UK' Executive Producer Joe McVey as their new Head of Development.