Channel 4 Orders Weight Loss Pilot ‘The Slim Reaper’

Channel 4 has handed out a broadcast pilot order to The Slim Reaper, a factual entertainment format featuring Russian weight-loss guru and ‘detox diva’ Galia Grainger. The Slim Reaper focusses on Grainger's ‘Slimmeria’ centre, a Grade II-listed Georgian mansion in the rolling Sussex countryside where people come to lose weight. Grainger claims that, by following her Russian grandmother’s healthy-eating rules, she can help her clients to lose a stone in seven days. Read More

BT TV To Preview ‘The Terror’ Series Premiere On YouTube

BT TV - who hold the exclusive carriage agreement for AMC Global here in the UK - has announced plans to preview the series premiere of the channel's newest import, The Terror, on YouTube. For 24 hours, from 00:01am on Tuesday April 24th, the opening episode will be available free of charge on BT's YouTube channel; marking the first time that a pay TV show has launched in the UK on YouTube before it has been broadcast on television. The first two episodes of The Terror will then be broadcast on AMC Global later that day in its regular 9pm time-slot Read More

BBC One’s Agatha Christie Adaptation ‘Ordeal By Innocence’ Sold To Australia, France & More International Territories

Ordeal By Innocence is heading overseas. Endeavour Content has racked up a slew of deals for BBC One's Agatha Christie adaptation with a range of international broadcasters including the ABC in Australia, Canal+ in France, TV4 in Sweden, TV2 in Norway and MTV3 in Finland. BBC Studios has taken rights for its BBC First channels across the Middle East, Africa and the Benelux regions. Read More

Iain Glen, Keeley Hawes, Anupam Kher & Fiona Shaw To Star Opposite Ruth Wilson In BBC One’s ‘Mrs Wilson’

BBC One has set the cast for Mrs Wilson. Iain Glen (Game Of Thrones, Delicious), Keeley Hawes (The Durrells, Ashes To Ashes), Anupam Kher (Silver Linings Playbook, The Boy with The Topknot) and Fiona Shaw (Harry Potter, True Blood) have been tapped to star opposite Ruth Wilson (LutherThe Affair) in the three-part period drama. Read More

‘Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back’ Gets Pilot Order At Channel 4

Channel 4 has handed out a pilot order to Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back, a factual entertainment format that will see the comedian helping out the British public with all their consumer complaints. Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back will cover a range of consumer gripes, feature stories relating to consumer issues and go undercover in Joe‘s quest for consumer justice. In addition to Lycett, the show will feature consumer expert Katie Morley and tech expert Mark Silcox in the studio. Read More