ITV2 Sets UK Premiere Date For ‘The Vampire Diaries’ Season 5
The fifth season of The CW’s drama series The Vampire Diaries will receive its UK premiere on ITV2 on Tuesday October 29th at 9pm, it has been announced.
‘The Great British Bake Off’ Renewed For Fifth Season, Series To Jump To BBC One
The BBC has renewed their hit series The Great British Bake Off for a fifth season which will air in 2014 and, as was first hinted at as a possibility last year, the series will be relocating from its current home on BBC Two to flagship channel BBC One for season 5.
Sony Pictures Television To Launch Animax SVOD Service In UK, Agrees Content Deal With Viz Media
Sony Pictures Television Networks is finally bringing Animax – the Japanese anime channel which SPT has launched in 17 countries and 14 languages – to the UK. The company has announced that they will be launching a UK version of Animax this Autumn, but rather than launching as a linear channel, as had been largely expected, Animax UK will be a Subscription Video-on-Demand (SVoD) service that will launch online at www.animaxtv.co.uk.
TV Trailer: BBC One’s ‘The Escape Artist’
BBC One has released a trailer for their new three-part drama The Escape Artist, which stars David Tennant (Doctor Who) and is set to premiere later this month.
Emmett J. Scanlan & Wunmi Mosaku Join BBC Three’s ‘In The Flesh’
Emmett J. Scanlan (The Fall) and Wunmi Mosaku (Dancing On The Edge) have joined the cast of BBC Three’s zombie series In The Flesh for its upcoming six episode second season, which jus recently entered production in the North West of England. Scanlan has been cast as Simon, a charismatic disciple of the Undead Prophet; while Mosaku has been cast as Maxine Martin, a Member of Parliament.
Netflix Orders Drama Series From Damages Creators Todd A. Kessler, Glenn Kessler & Daniel Zelman
Netflix is adding another original series to its line up. The streaming giant has handed a 13 episode straight-to-series order to an as-yet untitled drama series which hails from Damages creators Todd A. Kessler, Glenn Kessler and Daniel Zelman. With the pick up, the project joins a growing slate of original series at Netflix. Said slate includes such entries as House of Cards, Orange Is The New Black, Hemlock Grove and the recently ordered science-fiction series Sense8.
Channel 4 Picks Up Danny Boyle Helmed Dramedy Pilot ‘Babylon’ To Series
Even before finishing production on the pilot, Channel 4 is showing a lot of confidence in their new dramedy project Babylon, which hails from Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong and is being directed by Danny Boyle. The broadcaster has picked up Babylon to series with a six episode order. The pilot will air on Channel 4 in 2014, with production on the series proper expected to commence in 2014.
PBS’ Masterpiece Boards BBC Two’s ‘Wolf Hall’, Peter Kosminsky To Direct
US public broadcaster PBS has boarded BBC Two’s upcoming six episode drama Wolf Hall – which is based on the Hilary Mantel novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies – as a co-producer and will air the drama state-side as part of their Masterpiece strand. The two parties also confirmed that (as TVWise reported back in March) Mark Rylance will lead the cast as Thomas Cromwell, while BAFTA-winning director Peter Kosminsky will direct.