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SILVER SPRING: Among the exclusive U.S. premieres for Acorn TV next month is the original series Agatha Raisin, a mystery starring Ashley Jensen (Catastrophe, Ugly Betty).

NEW YORK: AMC is bringing back its original supernatural series Preacher, based on a comic-book franchise, for an expanded 13-episode second season.

LONDON: Endemol Shine International has clinched a run-of-series deal on the Israeli drama Mossad 101 (Hamidrasha) with Turner Latin America.

LONDON: The ITV drama The Durrells, set in the 1930s on the Greek island of Corfu, has been licensed by BBC Worldwide into a host of European markets.

STOCKHOLM: Dramacorp, led by former NICE Drama exec Patrick Nebout, has hired Mia Sohlman, co-creator of the SVT political thriller Blå Ögon (Blue Eyes), as executive producer.

BUDAPEST: Croatian broadcaster RTL has signed on for the newly announced, as-yet-untitled drama from Kanal D that will star Turkish power couple Halit Ergenç and Berguzar Korel.

NEW YORK: SundanceTV has renewed its original scripted series Hap and Leonard, which stars James Purefoy and Michael Kenneth Williams.

LOS ANGELES: Producer Raffaella de Laurentiis has optioned the rights to adapt Lucinda Riley’s The Seven Sisters book series for television.

LOS ANGELES: The international premiere of Outcast drew a record 26 million views across its linear broadcast on FOX outside of the U.S., in addition to its social media and online release.

LONDON: FOX UK has acquired the psychological thriller Wolf Creek, based on the feature film of the same name, from Zodiak Rights.