Sky Crime launches with true crime premieres and box sets

Sky Crime is now live in the UK, bringing with it a host of true crime box sets and premieres.

The channel, announced earlier this year, sees the UK broadcaster capitalising on the appetite for true crime with a dedicated … Read More

Duffer Brothers ink overall deal with Netflix

The Duffer Brothers have inked an overall deal with Netflix.

The Stranger Things creators have been responsible for one of the streaming giant’s biggest hits, with a record 40 million people watching the show within the first four days of … Read More

What’s coming soon to Netflix UK in October 2019?

October. The month of Halloween, the London Film Festival and Riverdale. Netflix is the perfect meeting point for all three, as it steps up its horror offerings, unleashes new gems fresh from Leicester Square’s red carpets and brings back favourites … Read More

First trailer lands for BBC’s War of the Worlds

The first trailer for the BBC’s new War of the Worlds has landed.

H.G. Wells’ classic sci-fi title is no stranger to adaptations, from Orson Welles’ iconic radio play to Steven Spielberg’s Tom Cruise-starring blockbuster. This major new three-part … Read More

Lupita Nyong’o to search for forgotten female army in Channel 4 doc

Oscar-winning actor, writer and producer Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years A Slave, Black Panther) is heading to Channel 4 to present a special, one-off documentary.

In an epic and revealing journey, the star will go in search of a remarkable but … Read More

Rupert Graves joins Riviera Season 3

Rupert Graves has joined the cast of Riviera Season 3

The Sherlock star will play Gabriel Hirsch, joining returning cast members Julia Stiles, Poppy Delevingne and Jack Fox and a host of other stellar names including: Clare-Hope Ashitey (Doctor … Read More

Move to Heaven: Netflix orders Korean trauma cleaning drama

Netflix has ordered Move to Heaven, a new Korean drama about trauma cleaners.

The series tells the story of Gu-ru who has Asperger’s syndrome and his uncle Sang-gu. The two meet through the death of Gu-ru’s father and end up … Read More

Illegal streaming to rise as VOD market fragments?

After several years of sudden and rapid growth, the VOD industry is beginning to mature, with a new wave of streaming services preparing to launch. With that growing fragmentation of the market, however, could come an unintended consequence, as some … Read More

Life In Colour: David Attenborough to present BBC and Netflix documentary

Much was made in many newspaper headlines last year of Netflix’s wildlife series Our Planet, and how David Attenborough’s narration of the programme marked a blow to the BBC, where the national treasure has spent much of his career. Now, … Read More

Channel 4 lines up new short-form comedies

Channel 4 has announced the five creative partners who will produce content for its new short-form comedy pipeline. The initiative will provide a platform for exciting and distinctive emerging voices from across the UK to produce a series of bold, … Read More