Hulu has landed Australian thriller series Watching You, as U.S. buyers continue the recent trend of buying from the international drama market. The acquisition is part of a wider agreement between Disney and distributor ITV Studios (ITVS) that sees Watching You also streaming across EMEA…

Line of Duty producer World Productions has brought in a development boss following the departure of Emma Luffingham to Pathé UK. Bad Sisters alum Kathryn Shrubb has joined the ITV Studios-owned indie as Head of Development, leading World Productions’ strategy to get shows from paper to screen…

Piv Bernth and Lars Hermann’s Apple Tree Productions will close at the end of 2026, with its founders citing “increasingly difficult” market conditions. The Danish company was launched in 2017 with backing from ITV Studios (ITVS), with The Killing and The Bridge exec producer Bernth and Hermann…

EXCLUSIVE: Steven Moffat has found his Prime Minister. Black Mirror and Trying star Rafe Spall has taken on the coveted role in Channel 4’s upcoming Number 10 about the UK’s most famous residency, 10 Downing Street. He will be joined in the comedy drama by Katherine Kelly (In Flight), who will…

Russell T Davies' first Channel 4 drama since It’s a Sin has dropped first look images of Alan Cumming and David Morrissey as leads. Cumming and Morrissey are playing Leo and Clive in Tip Toe, two opposites who have lived next door to each other in Manchester for almost 15 years. But just as…

Fool Me Once star Richard Armitage and Annabel Scholey (Rivals) are leading a police procedural for PBS Masterpiece and ITV about one of the most gifted pathologists of his generation. Based on long-running French crime series Balthazar, Winter follows the titular Ethan Winter, who possesses an…

The London TV Screenings has unveiled its initial 2026 schedule. The event’s founders – All3Media International, Banijay Entertainment, Fremantle and ITV Studios (ITVS) – will each host showcases, events and screenings between February 25-27, 2026. Banijay will presents its Drama and…

There’s change in the ITV Studios international distribution team. Moira Hogan, the former Australia chief for BritBox International, has been hired as Executive Vice President, APAC Sales and Distribution, to replace the long-serving Augustus Dulgaro. Hogan was previously BritBox’s…

Hitler's DNA: Blueprint of a Dictator premieres on Channel 4 in the UK on November 15 and will claim that its analysis of the dictator's DNA "reveals he suffered from a form of Kallmann Syndrome, which, in males, often results in low testosterone levels, undescended testicles and can result in a…

EXCLUSIVE: Luke Evans is leading an ITV adaptation of political thriller The Party, a novel from Elizabeth Day, the host of the hit How to Fail podcast. Sarah Solemani (Him & Her) is penning and starring in the adaptation, which also features Joanna Scanlan (Riot Women), Tom Cullen (House of the…

EXCLUSIVE: YouTube and social video specialist James Dolan has launched his own venture, Beam Digital. The former ITV Studios (ITVS) and Little Dot Studios exec will work in two main areas: Advising organizations, rights holders and content creators on digital strategy, and working with IP and…

Andrew Lincoln ITV Drama ‘Coldwater’ Heading To Canada’s Crave Andrew Lincoln-starring ITV drama Coldwater is heading to Canada via a deal struck between Bell Media and distributor ITV Studios. Bell has also taken Paris Lees adaptation What it Feels Like for a Girl and The Gathering as part of…