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Lucy Dyke joins Sister—the independent content studio co-founded by Jane Featherstone, Stacey Snider and Elisabeth Murdoch—to lead its new northern production hub.

MISTCO is set to distribute internationally The Shadow Team (Teşkilat), broadcasted on TRT1 and produced by TIMS&B Production (Bitter Lands, Gulperi).

StarzPlay has inked a deal with NBCUniversal Global Distribution for the limited series Dr. Death in select European and Latin American territories.

Belgian producer De Mensen has started filming Lost Luggage, a six-part drama about the aftermath of the March 2016 attacks at Brussels Airport.

BBC Three and BBC Wales have recommissioned the drama In My Skin, produced by Expectation and written by Kayleigh Llewellyn.

U.K. producer Home Team, led by Dominic Buchanan (The End of The F***ing World) and Bennett McGhee (Mogul Mowgli), has tapped Jessica Hill as senior development executive.

Stars and co-creators Noel Clarke and Ashley Walters and Vertigo Films’ Allan Niblo tell World Screen Newsflash about season three of Bulletproof, currently airing on The CW, and the ongoing battle to see the U.K. television industry step up to ensure on- and off-screen diversity.

The SPI International affiliate Kino Polska TV is set to launch the Turkish drama channel Dizi in Poland.

Spectrum Originals has greenlit Joe Pickett, produced by Paramount Television Studios and Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher’s Red Wagon Entertainment.

Sheridan Smith (Cilla, Cleaning Up, The C Word) has been cast as the lead in the new Channel 5 and Clapperboard psychological thriller Teacher.