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FOX Entertainment has renewed the character-driven drama series The Cleaning Lady for a second season.

Apple TV+ has landed the new limited series The Big Cigar and The White Darkness, as well as the psychological thriller Constellation.

AGC Television has cast BAFTA nominee Lydia West (It’s a Sin) in its new espionage thriller Gray, a co-production with Lionsgate Television.

The winners of the fifth annual Canneseries were revealed during the closing ceremony on April 6, with the Israeli series The Lesson (Sh’at Efes) scoring top honors.

AMC Networks has greenlit Orphan Black: Echoes, a spin-off of the hit series Orphan Black, and Straight Man, a new series starring Bob Odenkirk.

Filming has begun in Wales for the second season of the BBC drama The Pact.

Madd Entertainment has sold the Turkish drama Family Secrets to broadcasters across Europe, Latin America, MENA and more.

Fremantle has increased its stake in Dancing Ledge Productions to become the majority shareholder of the U.K.-based indie.

BBC Studios has optioned Eve Stranger, the comic-book series created by writer David Barnett (Punks Not Dead) and illustrated by Philip Bond (Deadline).

Banijay Rights has sold the new six-part limited series Rogue Heroes to Canal+, which will air the series in France and in all Canal+ territories around the world later this year.