Chelsea Regan

Abigail Priddle has been appointed creative director for history and arts for The Documentary Unit, part of BBC Studios Productions' factual division.

Red Arrow Studios International has secured a deal with Hulu for a package of factual-entertainment titles, including Renovate Don’t Relocate, House Rules and The Great House Revival.

Boat Rocker Studios has inked a raft of global deals for several of its documentary series and specials, including Secrets in the Ice, Hell in the Heartland, Secrets of a Psychopath and Unexplained: Caught on Camera.

Food Network star Robert Irvine is set to host the five-episode culinary competition The Globe, which will stream exclusively on discovery+.

Five new original titles are set to join the Sky Documentaries slate as it celebrates its first year.

UKTV has appointed Emile Nawagamuwa as commissioning executive to support and grow the broadcaster’s factual and factual-entertainment slate for W, Yesterday, Dave and Gold.

The British indie Spun Gold TV is producing the three-part docuseries Diana’s Decades for ITV.

The BBC has commissioned a new documentary series from BAFTA- and MOBO Award-winning hip-hop artist, author and social entrepreneur Akala for BBC Three.

Channel 5 has commissioned a second season of Sally Lindsay’s Posh Sleepover and a new strand of Greatest Toys…, both from its diverse-led Indie Initiative.

Apple TV+ is set to premiere Who Are You, Charlie Brown?, a new original documentary about the origins of the Peanuts characters and creator Charles M. Schulz.