Myleeta Aga-Williams, the senior VP and general manager for Southeast Asia and India at BBC Studios, on the buzzing market for scripted formats in India.

In the first full financial year since the merger with BBC Worldwide, BBC Studios has delivered record returns of £243 million ($307 million) to the BBC, up from £210 million ($265 million) the previous year.

The factual indie Barcroft Studios has appointed Al Brown to the newly created position of executive producer of 4Real content.

Presales have been inked by all3media international for the new BBC drama Dark Money, which is the latest title from National Treasure producer The Forge.

The U.K. indie Wonder is set to produce Living With Dementia (working title), a series slated to follow the everyday lives of people suffering from the condition, for BBC Two.

BBC Studios has acquired the global distribution rights outside of Italian-speaking countries for De Agostini Editore’s children’s comedy series New School.

MBC Group is expanding its current slate of Voice programming with a local commission of The Voice Senior, bringing the series to the Middle East and marking ten countries to have licensed the format.

The Story Lab has entered into a partnership with Renowned Films that includes joining forces for the brand-new factual-entertainment show You Are Not a Loan.

Lindsay Macadam has joined Thunderbird Entertainment Group's factual division, Great Pacific Media, as head of scripted development.

The Cuphead Show!, a new animated comedy series based on Studio MDHR’s Cuphead video game, is in the works at Netflix.