BBC Two Orders Oscar Wilde Documentary Featuring Stephen Fry, Freddie Fox, Anna Chancellor & More

BBC Two has ordered The Importance Of Being Oscar, an eighty minute documentary exploring the work of Oscar Wilde from the Banijay owned indie IWC. The one-off documentary is something of a hybrid production featuring both standard documentary elements as well as performances of Wilde's greatest works. A range of experts, enthusiasts and biographers - including Stephen Fry, Wilde’s grandson Merlin Holland, and his latest biographer Matthew Sturgis - will explore Wilde’s glittering and at times, scandalous career, which would inform his work, and his subsequent disgraced exit from high society. Freddie Fox, Claire Skinner, Anna Chancellor and James Fleet are all set to star in performances in the one-off. Read More

Netflix Sets UK Return Date For ‘Shadowhunters’ Season 3

Freeform’s drama series Shadowhunters will return to Netflix UK to finish airing its third and final season from Tuesday February 26th, it has been announced. New episodes will continue to be made available every Tuesday, less than 24 hours after they initially air on Freeform in the United States. Read More

Amazon Prime Video Picks Up UK Rights To ‘The Expanse’, Season 3 Gets February Premiere Date

The Expanse is indeed switching streaming services in the UK. When Amazon saved the series from cancellation last year, there was some lingering question about the show's UK home as, at that point, Netflix held UK rights. That question has now been resolved with Amazon Prime Video UK announcing that they've taken exclusive UK rights to the show. Amazon said that the first two seasons would be made available to Prime subscribers in the UK on Friday February 8th. Additionally, the show's thirteen episode third season will also launch on Amazon Prime Video UK on the same day - marking the UK premiere for said season. Season four will then launch day-and-date with the US later in 2019. Read More

BBC Four Acquires Australian Drama ‘Safe Harbour’; Extends Deals For ‘Cardinal’, ‘Trapped’ & ‘Follow The Money’

BBC Four has inked a deal with NBCUniversal International Distribution to acquire the UK rights to Australian drama Safe Harbour. Additionally, they have also extended their licensing agreements with eOne, Dynamic Television and DR Sales to pick up season three of Cardinal, season two of Trapped, and season three of Follow The Money, respectively. All four series will air in BBC Four's Saturday night foreign drama slot. Read More