Tag: UKTV

UKTV has appointed Emma Tibbetts as its new director of programming for drama.

Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators has begun filming its fifth season, co-commissioned by BBC Content and UKTV.

UKTV has acquired the Italian Riviera-set historical drama Hotel Portofino for U and U&DRAMA.

UKTV has appointed Paramount alum Claire Hookway as commissioning executive to bolster the development of original drama.

Damien Molony (The Split, Brassic, Crashing) has been cast in the lead role of Jim Bergerac in UKTV’s reimagined Bergerac series for U&DRAMA and U.

UKTV and BritBox International have co-commissioned Outrageous, a six-part series about the Mitford sisters, to air in 2025.

Drama and Alibi’s channel director shares the acquisitions, commissions and co-productions strategy.

A second season of The Marlow Murder Club has been commissioned for UKTV’s free-to-air channel U&DRAMA and streamer U, the rebranded names of Drama and UKTV Play, respectively.

Filming has begun for the six-part drama Bookish, a new series created by Emmy Award-winning writer Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, Doctor Who) for UKTV’s Alibi.

The six-episode crime drama Mudtown has been co-commissioned by UKTV, Wales' S4C and All3Media International.