Channel 4 Orders Weight Loss Pilot ‘The Slim Reaper’



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 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 (Luther, The Affair) in the three-part period drama. Read More
Amazon Prime Video UK has released the teaser trailer for Dietland, which is set to premiere on Tuesday June 5th. Read More

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