BBC Two’s five-part drama series The Fall will premiere on Netflix in the United States on Tuesday May 28th, it has been announced.
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TNT has renewed Dallas for a third season fo 15 episodes, slated to air in 2014. Despite the death of Larry Hagman and a dip in ratings compared to the show’s first season, the pickup had been expected. There is still no word on the fates of TNT’s bubble shows Monday Mornings or Southland.
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EXCLUSIVE: After examining the morality of the use of torture on terror suspects in his one-off Complicit for Channel 4, Guy Hibbert is sticking to the arena of political dramas for his next project. I’ve learned that the BBC has put a three episode drama series from Hibbert into development which is set to explore political intrigue at the United Nations.
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BBC Two has released a trailer for its upcoming drama series The Fall, which is set to premiere in the UK this May and shortly thereafter on Netflix in the US.
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Channel 5 has closed a deal with FremantleMedia International to acquire the exclusive first run UK broadcast rights to Australian drama series Wentworth. The acquisition follows on from Channel 5’s recent deals to acquire A&E’s mini-series Coma, History’s mini-series The Bible and RTE’s drama series Love/Hate. Wentworth is set to premiere on Channel 5 later this year.
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ITV has released a trailer for the upcoming three-part drama Life of Crime, which is set to premiere on Friday May 10th at 9pm.
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David Morrissey (The Walking Dead), Sheridan Smith (Mrs Biggs), Olivia Colman (Broadchurch) and Sean Maguire (Scott & Bailey) have been cast in BBC One’s upcoming two-part romantic drama The 7.39.
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BBC Three has announced a raft of comedy commissions and re-commissions including a new comedy series starring Nick Helm titled Uncle and a full series of People Just Do Nothing, which was initially piloted on BBC iPlayer last year. Also included in today’s announcement is 8 new pilots for the iPlayer, a fourth season of Him & Her and (as TVWise reported last week) a third season of comedy series Pramface.
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