Peaky Blinders is getting a promotion. The period drama from Steven Knight is relocating from its long-time home on BBC Two and moving to BBC One for its upcoming fifth season. The announcement was made today by the BBC's Director of Content Charlotte Moore at the Edinburgh TV Festival. 
Comedy Central UK has handed out a broadcast pilot order to AMusical, bringing the cult live musical show to the screen for the very first time. Veterans of the stage version Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Jayde Adams, and musical director Dave Cribb are involved with the adaptation. Set to be filmed at Hackney Empire in front of a live studio audience in September, AMusical will feature comedians working up the courage to belt out their favourite number from a musical in front of a live audience. Confirmed comedians so far include Frank Skinner and London Hughes. 
Dave is taking a look at the frontline agency protecting the US/Mexico border. The UKTV owned and operated channel has handed out a ten episode series order to Borderforce: America's Gatekeepers, an observational documentary series following the Department of Homeland Security's elite agency Customs & Border Protection. 
Three female authored dramas are coming to the BBC. The PSB has commissioned three new dramas from Nicole Taylor, Michaela Coel (pictured, right) and Sally Rooney. The announcement comes on the same day that Coel is set ti deliver the McTaggart lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival. The three series will go out on BBC One, BBC Two and BBC Three, respectively. “I am honoured to be today announcing three brand new and contrasting dramas for BBC One, Two and Three", said the BBC's Controller of Drama Piers Wenger. 
BBC One has given the green-light to The Elephant Man, a two-part drama starring Charlie Heaton (Stranger Things) as Joseph Merrick - better known as The Elephant Man. “I’m extremely excited and honoured to be given the opportunity to take on the portrayal of Joseph Merrick in the BBC’s adaption of The Elephant Man", Heaton said. "This is such a special role and a challenge for any actor. Joseph has such an incredible story and I can’t wait to go on this journey and bring him to life.”