Following the departure of series regulars Harriet Walter and Freema Agyeman, Kudos Film & TV/NBCUniversal had been looking for two new actors to join the series in the roles of a crown prosecutor and a new commanding officer for the police team. They’ve now found those two actors in Georgia Taylor and Patterson Joseph, who are joining the main cast of Law & Order: UK for its upcoming eight episode seventh season. Also set to reprise his role is season seven is Peter Davison, who will return as Henry Sharpe, the Director of the Crown Prosecution Service.

PBS America – in its first deal with an independent distributor – has secured the exclusive pay TV rights to the upcoming documentary film Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet. The deal was made with independent distributor Dogwoof. Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet will premiere on PBS America in January 2013 following the film’s UK wide cinematic release on November 16th.

Jack Irish: Black Tide – a two hour TV movie which forms part of the Jack Irish series of telemovies which were recently acquired by FX UK – will receive its UK premiere on Friday December 21st at 9pm, it has been announced.