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Singapore Turbulence Doc Sells Around The World A wealth of broadcasters have funded a fast-turnaround doc about turbulence following the tragic Singapore Airlines disaster. Turbulence: How Safe is Your Flight? has landed investment from ITV (UK), Seven (Australia), WELT (Germany), TV4 (Sweden), MTV…

BBC Adapting Jacqueline Wilson’s Ode To ‘The Railway Children’ The BBC is adapting Jacqueline Wilson’s Primrose Railway Children for TV, the author’s ode to E. Nesbit’s timeless classic. The CBBC feature length follows Phoebe, her older sister Becks, younger brother Perry and their mum who are living…

Canal+ Ups Stake In Asian Streamer Viu France’s Canal+ has increased its stake in Viu to 36.8% as part of its $300M investment in the Southeast Asian streamer. This represents the last instalment of the cash injection and follows a strategic agreement Canal+ struck with Viu parent PCCW last year in…

James Nesbitt & Matt Willis Board Netflix’s Next Harlan Coben Series Further cast has been unveiled for Netflix’s next Harlan Coben adaptation from Nicola Shindler’s Quay Street. James Nesbitt (Stay Close, Bloodlands) and Love Is Blind host and former Busted singer Matt Jay-Willis have joined…

V Channels Expands Into Kids Entertainment V Channels has teamed with WWPS TV  to expand into the kids’ content arena with the acquisition of the 3D animated Puffins series. V Channels will launch a dedicated YouTube channel to showcase all 250 episodes of the animated content controlled by WWPS-TV…

Stormy Daniels Doc Finds UK Buyer The Stormy Daniels doc from the producers of Britney vs Spears and Judd Apatow has landed a UK buyer. Paramount-owned Channel 5 has secured exclusive first-run rights to air Peacock’s Stormy, telling the in-her-own-words story of the woman currently embroiled in a…

Filming Underway On New Alan Partridge BBC Series Filming is underway on new Alan Partridge mockumentary And Did Those Feet. Deadline revealed the BBC series several months back and cameras have rolled on the latest Steve Coogan conception. The mockumentary follows the beloved comedy creation…

Jodie Whittaker Short Film Fund Raises Value To $50,000 EXCLUSIVE: The Empower Fund, an initiative that champions female and non-binary filmmakers, has seen its value rise to £40,000 ($50,000) after post-production house Picture Shop came onboard to support the Empower Fund with in-kind post services…

Film Bridge After Dark Sets 'Helloween' As First Film On Genre Slate With Shogun Films EXCLUSIVE:  Film Bridge After Dark and Shogun have set British horror pic Helloween as the first title on their joint slate of genre pics. The film is written and directed by Phil Claydon (Lesbian Vampire Killers)…

WBD Unveils Canal+, Amazon Deals For Max In France & Spain Along With Launch Date Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has struck deals with Amazon and Canal+ to distribute streamer Max in France and Spain, as much-anticipated European launch dates inch closer. The House of the Dragon platform will kick off…

Princ Films boards ‘Isabel's Garden’ For Cannes Marche Du Film  Princ Films has boarded Kit Rich's debut Isabel's Garden for the upcoming Marche Du Film in Cannes. Isabel's Garden stars Karen David (Fear the Walking Dead) as a small-town TV reporter who has to raise a teenage stepdaughter in the wake…

Freely Launches In UK The UK’s first free TV service that delivers live television over broadband has launched today. Freely, bringing together the four public broadcasters along with Scotland’s STV and Wales’ S4C and described as “futureproofing free TV for the streaming age”, kicks off with…