Netflix UK Acquires TNT’s ‘Snowpiercer’ & Bravo’s ‘Dirty John’
Snowpiercer is coming to the UK. Netflix UK is set as the exclusive UK broadcaster for the series thanks to a larger deal between ITV Studios Global Entertainment and the streaming service, which will see Netflix serve as the global broadcaster outside of the U.S. and China. Elsewhere, in a deal with NBCUniversal International Distribution, Netflix UK has also boarded Bravo's new scripted series Dirty John, which is based on the articles and breakout true crime podcast of the same name from Los Angeles Times reporter Christopher Goffard. Read More
Following the runaway success of last year's Murder On The Blackpool Express, UKTV's Gold channel has given the greenlight to sequel film Death On The Tyne. Johnny Vegas and Sian Gibson are on-board to reprise their roles as Terry and Gemma, respectively. Death On The Tyne sees Terry and Gemma take Mildred and her care home friends, including Hilda and Colleen on an Amsterdam cruise adventure across the Tyne. They’re welcomed aboard the Empress of the Tyne by ageing lothario Captain Jack and his motley crew. It’s not long before things start to go awry in the most puzzling mystery the Tyne has ever seen. 
Sky has teamed with Australian broadcaster Foxtel for Upright, an eight episode comedy drama set on a 4,000km road trip across Australia from Sydney to Perth, with a piano in tow. Tim Minchin (Californication) is attached to star, alongside newcomer Milly Alcock. 
Hat Trick Productions has optioned the rights to historian and novelist Simon Sebag Montefiore’s Russian thriller One Night In Winter, with plans to develop it into a TV series. One Night In Winter is set just after the Second World War. As Stalin and his courtiers celebrate victory over Hitler, shots ring out. On a nearby bridge, a teenage boy and girl lie dead. But this is no ordinary tragedy and these are no ordinary teenagers, but the children of Russia’s most important leaders who attend the most exclusive school in Moscow. Is it murder? A suicide pact? Or a conspiracy against the state? 
Homecoming will receive its UK premiere on Amazon Prime Video UK on Friday November 2nd, it has been announced. 
The third season of The Man In The High Castle will receive its UK premiere on Amazon Prime Video UK on Friday October 5th, it has been announced. The Man In The High Castle continues explores what would have happened if the Allied Powers had lost World War II. While Germany controls much of the East Coast and Japan controls the West Coast, the Rocky Mountains have become a “neutral zone”—and ground zero for a resistance, led by a mysterious figure known only as “the Man in the High Castle.” 
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Paramount Network is coming to Virgin Media. The new channel from Viacom International Media Networks is now set to launch on the platform tomorrow (Saturday July 21st) on Channel 187. Unlike the other platforms, Paramount Network will be launching on Virgin Media in HD. Paramount Network caters to adults of all ages with strong appeal to Generation X, Millennials and fans of cinematic storytelling. They hold linear rights to Designated Survivor and Suits, and exclusive UK rights to the short-lived Fox comedy The Mick. Paramount has also recently concluded deals to acquire Marvel's Agent Carter and FX's The Strain.