Good Food is reuniting with John Torode. The UKTV owned and operated channel has ordered John Torode's Malaysian Adventure, a new 10 part series following the acclaimed chef as he explores the varied cuisine of Malaysia. 
ABC's Secrets & Lies has found a UK home. UKTV has closed a deal with Disney Media Distribution to acquire the exclusive first run UK broadcast rights to the drama series for their flagship entertainment channel Watch, TVWise has learned. The show's 10 episode first season will premiere on Watch this September. 
The second season of FX's vampire drama The Strain will receive its UK premiere on UKTV's Watch channel on Wednesday August 26th at 10pm, it has been announced. 
Channel 4 Distribution has racked up sales for a number of their programmes with multi-channel broadcaster UKTV and the Discovery owned Quest. UKTV has licensed numerous seasons of River Cottage and several Jamie Oliver fronted series. Meanwhile, Quest has acquired Scrapheap Challenges: The Scrappy Races and the first seven seasons of Scrapheap Challenge. 
UKTV's Gold Channel has given the green-light to Legends of Stand-Up & Bernard Righton, a six-episode series which sees John Thomson (in character as his alter-ego Bernard Righton) celebrating the world’s greatest comedians from across the globe. 
US drama series The Pinkertons will receive its UK premiere on UKTV's Drama channel on Sunday August 30th at 8pm, it has been announced. 
The sixth season of TNT's crime procedural Rizzoli & Isles will receive its UK premiere on UKTV's Alibi channel on Thursday August 27th at 9pm, it has been announced.