Sara Alessi

SILVER SPRING: As part of its Science Channel Weekend schedule, Discovery Channel has lined up the film The Dark Side of the Sun, which is narrated by Sting and explores the potentially harmful effects of Earth’s brightest star.

SHERMAN OAKS: GRB Entertainment has acquired the new roundtable interview series Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter, featuring discussions with talent from acclaimed films and TV series.

LONDON: Rimmel London has teamed up with 12 YouTube beauty influencers for the new series Rimmel Road Trip from Princess Productions, an Endemol Shine UK company.

NEW YORK: World Screen Newsflash talks to Vanessa Case, the executive VP of content at Blue Ant Media, about the partnership with Plimsoll Productions, some of the content that has been generated thus far and why the two-year production time frame is key to Camp Zambia.

LONDON: ITV has commissioned Save Money: Good Food, featuring Susanna Reid and chef Matt Tebbutt, as part of its new factual-entertainment brand.

LONDON: Icon Films has tapped award-winning producer Jonny Young as its head of specialist factual.

PARIS: Banijay Rights has sold the culinary show Neill Anthony Private Chef to Scripps Networks Interactive and Foxtel.

TORONTO: AeroCinema and Aerostar TV are co-producing the documentary series Women and Wings (working title), which offers a historical and contemporary look at aviation.

CARDIFF: Destination America has commissioned U.K.-based Wild Dream Films’ latest factual series, tentatively titled Terror in the Woods.

MUMBAI/LOS ANGELES: Z Living is launching this month a new prime-time reality-programming block featuring the original series Altar’d, Finding Fido and POPSUGAR Presents: Conquered.