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LOS ANGELES: Amazon Prime Video has acquired the exclusive U.S. rights for the Australian drama The Kettering Incident from BBC Worldwide North America.

LONDON: ITV has commissioned a second season of Marcella, starring Anna Friel, from writer Hans Rosenfeldt and Buccaneer Media.

PARIS: Newen Distribution has signed an exclusive deal with AMC Networks’ horror streaming service Shudder for the miniseries Beyond the Walls.

MUNICH: TANDEM Productions has signed up writer Jayson Rothwell to adapt best-selling author Ken Follett’s Code to Zero as an international event series.

LONDON: BBC One and Agatha Christie Productions have struck a deal that will see seven new adaptations of the legendary author's works being produced over the next four years.

LONDON: Catalyst Global Media has optioned Frances Hardinge’s novel Cuckoo Song to adapt as a special event TV miniseries.

LONDON: The fantasy drama American Gods, based on the Neil Gaiman novel, will launch exclusively for Amazon Prime members in Germany, Austria, the U.K. and Japan in 2017.

PARIS: Mata Hari, which tells the story of the infamous dancer, courtesan and World War I spy of the same name, has been lined up for the Sunday night MIPCOM 2016 World Premiere TV Screening.

TORONTO: Canada's Global has commissioned another season of the original detective drama Private Eyes from Entertainment One (eOne).

The Oscar-winning actress talks about her role on the show as Residency Director Dr. Leanne Rorish, who is tasked with keeping the chaos under control in an overburdened system while training first-year residents.