BBC One Sets Premiere Date For ‘The Secret Of Crickley Hall’
BBC One has announced that their three part drama The Secret of Crickley Hall will premiere on Sunday November 18th at 9pm.
Syfy Announces Release Plans For ‘Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome’
Earlier this year, Syfy opted not to pick up their BSG prequel project Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrone to series. At that time the network maintained that the two hour pilot would, however, see the light of day. To that end, Syfy has announced a three-tiered release strategy for Blood & Chrome, with the project first being released as ten 7 – 12 minute episodes on Youtube channel Machinima Prime, the two-hour pilot will then air on Syfy (date TBA) before seeing an un-rated release on Blu-ray, DVD, digital download, PPV and VOD.
TV Trailer: ‘Mankind The Story Of All Of Us’ On History
History has unveiled the first trailer for their twelve part documentary series Mankind The Story Of All Of Us, which is set to premiere on Wednesday November 14th at 10pm.
Read MoreBBC Four Acquires UK Rights To Australian Mini-Series ‘Howzat! Kerry Packer’s War’
EXCLUSIVE: BBC Four has closed a deal with Endemol Worldwide Distribution to acquire the exclusive first run UK broadcast rights to Australian mini-series Howzat! Kerry Packer’s War. My sources tell me that the deal was closed in Cannes at MIPCOM last month. I also hear that the two part mini-series is set to premiere on BBC Four in early 2013.
ReelzChannel Picks Up US Rights To ‘Bomb Girls’ Season 2
ReelzChannel is sticking with the Canadian war effort. The network has announced that they have picked up the exclusive US rights to the 12 episode second season of Bomb Girls from Muse Entertainment and Back Alley Films. The move to pick up the second season of the World War II drama series comes shortly after the successful launch of the series on Reelz back in September. The show’s second season, which picks up just after the attack on Pearl Harbour, features special guest star Rosie O’Donnell (The Rosie O’Donnell Show) and is set to premiere on ReelzChannel in Spring 2013.
Consolidated Ratings: BBC One’s ‘Hunted’ Makes Gains of 38%, Posts 4.4 Million Viewers
With consolidated figures (live+7) now in, the fourth episode of BBC One’s Hunted (which originally aired Thursday October 25th at 9pm) pulled in some 4.4 million viewers. That is up by almost 1.2 million viewers on the overnights rating 0f 3.2 million viewers/14% share and represents an increase of nearly 38%.
Channel 5 Secures UK Rights To ‘Dallas’ Season 2
EXCLUSIVE: JR, Bobby and co are staying put in the UK. My sources are telling me that Channel 5, as part of an exisiting “life-of-series” deal with Warner Bros. International Television Distribution, hold the exclusive first run UK broadcast rights to the 15 episode second season of Dallas. I hear that the show’s second season will hit UK screens “not too far behind the US airing” and is currently scheduled for either a February or March 2013 premiere on Channel 5.
ITV1 Orders ‘Vicious’ Comedy Series From Will & Grace Scribe Gary Janetti
As part of ITV’s push to get back into the comedy business, ITV1 has ordered a new comedy series titled Vicious. The series has been given a six episode order and is said to be about friends that bicker, argue and who are delightfully vicious to each other. This is the second comedy to have been given a series order at ITV1 in recent months, after the broadcaster had largely stayed away from the genre in recent years, and will be joined on the channel in 2013 by Jobcentre based sitcom The Job Lot.