Kristin Brzoznowski

HBO has joined the BBC, Bad Wolf and New Line Cinema as a co-producer on His Dark Materials, an eight-episode adaptation of Philip Pullman's acclaimed trilogy.

Mystery Road, based on Ivan Sen’s acclaimed feature film, has been acquired by BBC Four from all3media international.

The Goose Mother (Gåsmamman), based on the Dutch series Penoza, is returning for a fourth season, this time as an original on C More and TV4.

Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has acquired a minority stake in the production company Eleventh Hour Films (EHF).

Fremantle has picked up international distribution rights for Spiral Pictures' new crime drama Taken Down.

Filming starts this week on the fifth season of Poldark, which will be the show's last.

HBO Europe has greenlit a third season of the Romanian crime drama Shadows (Umbre), written and directed by Bogdan Mirică.

With a raft of new agreements in place, A+E Networks has sold the drama series Knightfall into 200-plus territories.

HOOQ is launching its first Indonesian original series, Brata, a crime thriller produced in collaboration with Telkomsel.

Waleed Zuaiter (Omar, Altered Carbon), Bertie Carvel (Dr Foster, Jonathan Strange and Dr Norrell), Clara Khoury (Homeland), Leem Lubany (Omar, Condor), Neil Maskell (Humans, Utopia) and Corey Stoll (House of Cards, First Man) join the international cast of Channel 4’s new six-part crime series Baghdad Central.