FOX UK has acquired Australian psychological thriller Wolf Creek, starring John Jarratt and Lucy Fry, after striking a deal with international distributor Zodiak Rights, TVWise has learned. The six episode series will premiere on FOX UK on Tuesday August 30th at 10pm. 
After a months long search to replace Poly Hill, the BBC has poached Channel 4's Head of Drama Piers Wenger to serve as their new Controller of Drama Commissioning, TVWise has learned. Meanwhile, over at Channel 4, the broadcaster has tapped Wenger's number two, Deputy Head of Drama Beth Willis, to succeed him as their Head of Drama when he departs later this year. 
AMC Global has picked up the exclusive first run UK broadcast rights to The Terror, the ten episode anthology drama based on the novel by Dan Simmons that was recently green-lit by the US AMC network, after striking a deal with sister company AMC Studios, TVWise has learned. 
Morven Christie (The A Word, Hunted) and Vicky McClure (Line Of Duty, This Is England) have been set as the leads in BBC One's three-part psychological thriller The Replacement, which hails from Left Bank Pictures and Joe Ahearne, TVWise has learned. 
Following, yesterday's EU Referendum (AKA Brexit vote) , which resulted in a narrow victory for the leave campaign, the Independent Film & Television Alliance - the body representing all the independents within the TV & film industry - has warned that the decision is a "major blow" to UK producers and will have dire consequences for the industry as a whole. 
BBC Worldwide has lined up a slew of international sales for ITV's series of Maigret adaptations starring Rowan Atkinson, TVWise has learned. The first two movies, Maigret Sets A Trap and Maigret's Dead Man, have been sold to Channel One in Russia, NRK in Norway, TVNZ in New Zealand, RTE in Ireland, YLE in Finland and Prima TV in the Czech Republic, amongst others. 
FOX UK has acquired the exclusive first run UK broadcast rights to six-part miniseries Someone Knows My Name, starring Aunjanue Ellis (The Mentalist), after striking a deal with Entertainment One (eOne), TVWise has learned. The miniseries is set to premiere on FOX UK on Sunday July 17th at 9pm.