Last week, TVWise broke the news that ITV had commissioned Downton Abbey producer Carnival Films two produce a 2 x 90 minute drama about Christopher Jefferies, Jo Yeates’ landlord who was falsely accused of her murder. In that same report, we revealed that Trollied star Jason Watkins had been cast as Jefferies in the drama, which was penned by Peter Morgan and was being directed by Roger Michell. TVWise also subsequently reported that Broadchurch alum Joe Sims had landed a role on the drama. ITV confirmed all that today by formally announcing the project, which just recently entered production in Bristol. In addition, ITV has also announced that the cast also includes Peter Polycarpou (Family Tree) as Louis Charalambous and Shaun Parkes (Da Vinci’s Demons) as Paul Okebu, Jefferies’ legal team. ITV’s press release follows below…

Following on from the success that the channel saw with Choccywoccydoodah: Starstruck, the UKTV owned and operated Good Food channel has commissioned Twofour to produce a Choccywoccydoodah Christmas Special, which will document the business as is enters one of its busiest and most flamboyant seasons of the year. This is the second Christmas special that UKTV has confirmed in as many days; following on from yesterday’s announcement that the company had ordered a pair of Dynamo Christmas specials for their Watch channel.