Bravo's first original scripted drama series is coming to the UK. Lifetime UK has acquired the exclusive first run UK broadcast rights to Girlfriends' Guide To Divorce after striking a deal with international distributor NBCUniversal International Television Distribution, TVWise has learned. The show's 13 episode first season will premiere on Lifetime UK on Tuesday September 15th at 9pm. 
Britain's Next Top Model is making a comeback. Some two years after Sky Living cancelled the series, Lifetime UK has commissioned Thumbs Up Productions to produce a new version of the series, after they secured the format rights in a deal with CBS Studios International. Lifetime UK has ordered ten episodes for the debut season of the new format, which does not include Ireland in that title due to licensing restrictions. Production will get underway this September in the UK and abroad for a 2016 premiere. 
Lifetime UK has snapped up the pay-TV rights to Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig's upcoming TV movie A Deadly Adoption, TVWise has learned. The two-hour film will debut in the channel's Thursday night 9pm Lifetime Drama Specials block on August 6th. 
Lifetime UK has picked up the exclusive first run UK broadcast rights to Bravo's reality series The Shah's of Sunset Boulevard after striking a deal with NBCUniversal International Television Distribution, TVWise has learned. 
Lifetime's original drama series UnREAL will receive its UK premiere on Lifetime UK on Tuesday July 7th at 10pm, it has been announced. EXCLUSIVE: Lifetime UK has acquired the exclusive first run UK broadcast rights to drama series UnREAL after striking a deal with A+E Studios International. The 10 episode scripted drama, which is produced for the US Lifetime network, will premiere on Lifetime UK this Summer. 
