UKTV's Yesterday channel has handed out a bumper two-season renewal to their ob-doc series Bangers & Cash. The show's second and third seasons will both consist of ten episodes. Season 2 is expected to premiere on Yesterday in 2020. 
Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes will premiere on Gold on Sunday August 25th at 8pm and will air over consecutive nights, concluding on Tuesday August 27th, it has been announced. 
UKTV's W channel is adding to the cast of Flack. The PR drama has tapped Sam Neill (Jurassic Park, Tutankhamun) and Daniel Dae Kim (Hawaii Five-0, Lost) for recurring roles in its just ordered six episode second season. 
UKTV's W channel and US co-production partner Pop have handed out a second season renewal to their Anna Paquin fronted PR drama Flack. Six episodes have been ordered for the show's second season, which is set to premiere in 2020. 
The third season of American Housewife will receive its UK premiere on UKTV's W channel on Wednesday August 14th at 8pm with a double-bill, it has been announced. 
Major Crimes is getting a second UK broadcaster. UKTV has acquired the The Closer spin-off for their crime focussed Alibi channel. Warner Bros. International Television Distribution handles global sales. The first season of Major Crimes is set to premiere on Alibi later this year. 
DCD Rights has secured UK deals for two new Australian dramas. The international distributor has licensed crime drama My Life Is Murder to UKTV's Alibi channel and four-part drama The Hunting to Channel 5. The deal for My Life Is Murder was negotiated by UKTV's Acquisitions Manager Charlie Charalambous, while Channel 5's Acquisitions Director Anna-Belen Dunlop secured The Hunting for the broadcaster's prime-time schedule. Both series will premiere later this year. 
I Am The Night will receive its UK premiere on UKTV's Alibi channel on Thursday August 1st at 9pm, it has been announced.