Turner EMEA Ups Sarah Fell To Oversee Original Kids Series
Turner EMEA has promoted The Amazing World Of Gumball producer Sarah Fell to Director of Original Series for Kids EMEA. She will report to Patricia Hidalgo, Chief Content Officer, Turner EMEA & International Kids Strategy. In her new role, Fell will be responsible for overseeing the development and production of all Turner Kids series across EMEA, including the recently-greenlit Elliott From Earth, which also has Gumball’s Mic Graves serving as Creative Director. She has also been tasked with finding and developing new talent and ideas into content that can play out across Turner Kids platforms in the region. 
DRG has secured the international distribution rights to The White Wall, an eight episode Scandinavian sci-fi drama that is being produced for SVT in Sweden and YLE in Finland. DRG will launch the series to international buyers at NATPE. 
George R. R. Martin's Syfy series Nightflyers will receive its UK premiere on Netflix UK on Friday February 1st, it has been announced. Netflix has also released the trailer and key art for the series. 
Channel 4 has renewed their comedy series Stath Lets Flats for a second season. The renewal, which is for a further six episodes, comes more than five months after the show's first season wrapped its run on the channel. Season two is expected to premiere later this year. 
UKTV's W channel has handed out a second season renewal to Emma Willis: Delivering Babies. Eight episodes have been ordered for the show's second season. Additionally, W has ordered a one-off special, titled Emma Willis: Meet The Babies, in which she revisits the parents and babies she met during Delivering Babies. Delivering Babies follows Emma on a busy maternity ward. In season one she was training on the job, while in season two she is a fully-qualified Maternity Care Assistant.