Sara Alessi

BBC has ordered Steve Backshall & The Vertical Mile from ScreenDog Productions and Escapade Media.

Channel 4 has commissioned Bear About the House: Living with My Super-sized Pet, a new documentary from Barcroft Productions that explores people who keep dangerous wild animals as pets.

Travel Channel has scheduled the premiere of Caribbean Pirate Treasure, hosted by Philippe Cousteau, grandson of legendary explorer Jacques Cousteau, and his journalist wife, Ashlan, for next month.

UKTV’s premium entertainment channel W has ordered a sophomore season of Firecracker Films’ Dr Christian Will See You Now.

Smithsonian Channel is paying tribute to Princess Diana on the 20th anniversary of her death with two specials commemorating her life.

Lifetime has lined up Big Fish Entertainment’s (Live PD) Date Night Live, which follows couples in real time on evening outings in four cities across the U.S.

A&E Network has lined up a six-episode documentary series about the murder of Laci Peterson as the 15th anniversary of her disappearance approaches.

GRB Entertainment has inked deals for four documentaries, including Confessions of a Superhero, in Brazil, Japan and the U.K.

A+E Networks has commissioned a second season of Robbie Coltrane’s Critical Evidence for Crime + Investigation (CI) in the U.K. that will premiere early next year.

Emmy Award-winning producer Stephen Mintz has joined Truly Original (The Real Housewives of Atlanta, Ink Master) as the VP of programming and development.