Kristin Brzoznowski

ZDF has come on board as a co-producer for season two of Acorn TV’s Irish mystery thriller Harry Wild, which has been given an extended episode order.

As part of its plans to scale up the company, the Glasgow-based producer Freedom Scripted has added two executives to its senior team.

Banijay Rights has shored up further sales for Rogue Heroes, which has now been renewed for a second season by the BBC.

ITV has ordered Fash, a drama series from playwright, writer and director Kwame Kwei-Armah (Elmina’s Kitchen, Breaking) about footballers Justin and John Fashanu.

Cineflix Rights has acquired global distribution rights for the new French-language series Bon matin Chuck (Ou L'art de Réduire les Méfaits) (Good Morning Chuck).

Cineflix Productions is partnering with seven-time Grammy Award winner Gladys Knight and her Empress of Soul Productions to develop a returnable scripted miniseries based on her life and career.

FOX Entertainment and writer, producer and director McG (Supernatural, Lethal Weapon, We Are Marshall) have entered into a broadcast direct development deal.

BBC Studios has taken a minority investment in the British scripted indie production company Turbine Studios, which is behind hits such as Small Axe, Munich: The Edge of War and Steve McQueen’s Uprising.

M-Net and Fremantle are bringing back the mystery crime thriller Reyka for a second season.

Entertainment One (eOne) has aligned with Plano a Plano to manage the worldwide distribution rights outside of Spain for the new detective series Salazar.