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EDINBURGH/LONDON: Endemol Shine Group's Zeppotron has been commissioned by BBC Two to produce the new scripted comedy Nigel Farage Gets His Life Back, which pokes fun at the titular British politician.

LONDON: A League of Their Own: US Road Trip has been greenlit for a second installment, in a deal between Sky and CPL Productions.

LONDON: Charlotte Moore, the director of BBC Content, has unveiled a raft of new commissions for BBC One, including a fourth season of Line of Duty and an adaptation of the young adult novel Noughts and Crosses.

LONDON: A trio of Sony Pictures Television (SPT) Networks channels, including the kids' network POP, will become available on Virgin Media later this week as part of a new long-term carriage agreement.

LONDON: Nicholas Yearwood, a founding member of Idris Elba’s production company Green Door Pictures, has joined Woodcut Media and Duchess Street Productions as a consultant executive producer.

Commercial TV channels in the U.K. have enjoyed a healthy start to 2016, with viewing up in the first half of the year, according to Thinkbox.

LONDON: A+E Networks UK is bringing the new entertainment channel Blaze to Freeview in the U.K. and Ireland this September.

LONDON: Digital channel Talking Pictures TV has acquired iconic British films through two library deals with ITV Studios Global Entertainment and the Samuel Goldwyn and Woodfall libraries, distributed by Miramax.

LONDON: British Pathé has launched a new subscription-based digital on-demand channel featuring documentaries, interviews and classic movies.

LONDON: BBC Worldwide has taken a minority stake in the production indie Two Cities Television, set up by Michael Jackson and Alex Graham.