E4 Sets UK Premiere Date For ‘New Girl’ Season 2
The second season of Fox’s comedy series New Girl will receive its UK premiere on E4 on Tuesday March 26th at 9pm, it has been announced.
PBS & Channel 4 To Co-Produce Stephen Hawking Biopic
Channel 4 and US public broadcaster PBS have teamed up for a new autobiographical documentary about theoretical physicist Professor Stephen Hawking.
ITV2 Sets Premiere Date For ‘Plebs’
ITV2’s new 6 episode comedy series Plebs will premiere on Monday March 25th at 10pm with a double-bill, it has been announced.
‘Doctor Who’ Executive Producer Caroline Skinner Steps Down
Caroline Skinner, who has been with Doctor Who since 2011, is stepping down as executive producer, BBC Cymru Wales has announced. Skinner will now join BBC Drama Production in London. BBC Wales’ Head of Drama Faith Penhale will take over as the executive producer on the 50th Anniversary with immediate effect. The BBC is currently recruiting for a new executive producer to take over the role for the show’s eighth series.
Universal Channel Acquires USA Network’s ‘In Plain Sight’
Universal Channel has closed a deal with NBCUniversal International Television Distribution to acquire the UK rights to the first three seasons of USA Network’s drama series In Plain Sight, TVWise has learned.
BBC Two Orders Dave Allen Documentary
BBC Two has given the green-light to a one-hour special documentary about the life and career of Irish comedian Dave Allen.
BBC Four Acquires UK Rights To ‘Arne Dahl’ & ‘Inspector Da Luca’
BBC Four has closed deals to acquire the exclusive first run UK broadcast rights to Arne Dahl & Inspector Da Luca, it has been announced. Both series are set to join BBC Four’s Saturday night line up later this year. In addition, the channel has also confirmed that they have picked up the rights to the new season of Inspector Montalbano, prequel series Young Montalbano, Borgen season 3, The Bridge season 2 and (as TVWise previously reported) Australian mini-series Howzat! Kerry Packer’s War.
Good Food Picks Up UK Rights To ‘Tareq Taylor’s Nordic Cookery’, New Seasons Of ‘World’s Weirdest Restaurants’, ‘Kitchen Hero’, & ‘You Gotta Eat Here’
UKTV has closed a deal with Lucky Day to acquire the exclusive first run UK broadcast rights to Tareq Taylor’s Nordic Cookery for its Good Food channel. In addition, the channel has also sealed deals with Beyond Distribution, In Production and Portfolio to pick up rights to the new seasons of World’s Weirdest Restaurants, Kitchen Hero and You Gotta Eat Here, respectively.