The BBC and Netflix are getting ready to launch their series about the Lockerbie bombing from Line of Duty producer World Productions. The BBC has dropped trailer for the show launching May 18 and later […]
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Good afternoon Insiders, welcome to another edition of your weekly newsletter with Max Goldbart steering things. Scroll down for more. And sign up here if you aren’t already on our list. Netflix Unpacks APAC Singing […]
Two of the industry’s hottest prospects are teaming on an Apple TV+ romcom series about ex-child prodigies. Will Sharpe has created and will star in Prodigies alongside The Bear breakout Ayo Edebiri, who is exec […]
Paramount+ has boarded the BBC and CBS Studios’ upcoming Dawn French sitcom Can You Keep A Secret?. The streamer has taken U.S. rights to the comedy, with Paramount Global Content Distribution selling around the world. […]
EXCLUSIVE: Jeff Pope, factual drama aficionado and creator of Disney+’s Suspect, has criticized recent BBC and Channel 4 documentaries on the London bombings for showing “what was essentially the Metropolitan Police-approved version of what happened” […]
Earlier this week we brought news that South Korean content is now second only to the U.S. on Netflix, but it appears Korean audiences are opting for YouTube over the streamer. According to new research […]
Jimmy Carr Hosting ‘Am I The A**hole?’ Gameshow Based On Famous Subreddit The notorious “Am I The A**hole?” subreddit is being turned into a gameshow for Comedy Central UK hosted by LOL: Last One Laughing […]
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is turning to notorious serial killers Fred and Rose West for its next big true crime doc series. Fred & Rose West: A British Horror Story will feature family members of some of […]
EXCLUSIVE: Israeli series Bad Boy has its Netflix premiere date. The show from Euphoria creator Ron Leshem and Hagar Ben-Asher has just swept up at the Israeli Television Academy Awards and will now drop on Netflix on May […]
Good morning Insiders, it’s Cannes lineup week, while tariff-shaped hell continues to break loose around the globe. Max Goldbart here penning your weekly mailer. Sign up here. Cannes Lineup Fresh vibes (and Tom Cruise): “We’re […]
Netflix will increase its subscription price if the UK streaming levy is given the go-ahead. The streamer has pulled no punches in its response to lawmakers’ recommendation for a UK streaming levy of 5%. The […]
The influential UK Culture, Media & Sport Committee (CMSC) has officially recommended a 5% streamer levy to the government and said this should be enshrined into law if the industry fails to introduce it within […]
Billboard Women in Music 2025 BBC Sets Cast For ‘Two Weeks In August‘ Disaster Drama Casting has been set for BBC disaster drama Two Weeks in August. Jessica Raine (The Devil’s Hour, Patrick Melrose) stars […]
Discovery+’s latest true crime series will examine the Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni feud that has dominated headlines so far this year. Baldoni vs Lively: A Hollywood Feud [working title] follows similar Discovery+ shows on Johnny […]
Heartstopper EP Patrick Walters has spotlighted the difficulty of getting YA projects made as he says the creative team is “working hard” on landing a fourth season of the Netflix smash. Speaking to the present […]
Lupin writer François Uzan went to great lengths to secure the authenticity of upcoming Netflix comedy Recalé. The storied scribe revealed at Series Mania this afternoon that he went undercover in a French school, or […]
Netflix’s Adolescence is continuing its record-breaking march. Adolescence’s first ep, which has dominated the global cultural zeitgeist over the past fortnight, has become the first ever UK streaming show to top the weekly British ratings […]
Call My Agent Berlin [working title] is heading to Disney+. The latest adaptation of the French hit comedy comes from Germany, telling the story of the Stern actors agency and its agents. German stars including […]
Relationships Expert Paul C. Brunson Joins Netflix Reality Show ‘Cheat‘ Relationships expert Paul C. Brunson has boarded Netflix UK’s Cheat: Unfinished Business reality show with Amanda Holden. The series follows eight ex-couples whose relationships have […]
Steve Coogan, Tom Burke and Hayley Squires have boarded Netflix’s upcoming heist series Legends. From the creator of BBC One’s The Gold, Legends is inspired by one of the most remarkable criminal investigations ever conducted, […]
EXCLUSIVE: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone continues to cast a spell over fans around the world, according to Digital-i’s British streaming exports list 2024. The first Harry Potter movie was one of only two […]
England Soccer Doc ‘The New Generation’ Launching On Prime Video Next Weekend Prime Video is spotlighting the next talented crop of England soccer stars via a feature doc launching next Saturday. England Lions: The New […]
A set of giant Netflix billboards have been erected in the UK today promoting factual drama Toxic Town, but not everyone walking past will be able to see them. Netflix is attempting to raise awareness […]
Apple TV+ has given the greenlight to a second season of its debut German original Where’s Wanda?. Starring Heike Makatsch (Love Actually) and Axel Stein (The Vault), the dark comedy follows the Klatts. Just as […]