Kristin Brzoznowski

Fremantle and the Jamie Oliver Group have signed a new five-year deal that extends the long-term partnership with the celebrity chef, which goes back more than two decades.

Netflix and Roku are among the platforms that have picked up the documentary WHAM!: Last Christmas Unwrapped, which tells the story behind the iconic song by George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s WHAM!

ZDF Studios has secured global distribution rights for the documentary series Hitler’s Entourage, which sheds new light on the dictator’s closest associates.

Tanya Winston, executive producer of Tsunami: Race Against Time, and Daniel Bogado, director, take World Screen Newsflash behind the scenes of the series, which debuted on National Geographic and is now streaming on Hulu and Disney+.

Channel 4 has commissioned Wonderhood Studios to produce the four-part series The Trial of Michael Jackson (w.t.).

Blue Ant Studios has struck up a partnership with the Australian independent producer WildBear Entertainment to finance three new factual series.

Investigation Discovery (ID) has set the new documentary Aaron Hernandez and the Untold Murders of Bristol for a January debut, kicking off its Murder Under the Friday Night Lights strand.

BossaNova Media has taken on the worldwide rights to the two-part crime documentary Bobby, Danny & Atlanta Tim: An American Serial Killer from U.K. indie Revolutionary Leader.

ZDF Studios has secured international distribution rights for three of WildBear Entertainment’s latest productions.

Keeley Hawes (Line of Duty, Bodyguard) is lending her voice to narrate Airborne, produced by Humble Bee Films for Love Nature and Sky Nature.