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Dannemora Prison Break, a two-hour special about a daring effort to escape a maximum-security facility, is set to premiere on Oxygen Media later this month.

back2back Productions is making a third season of The World's Deadliest... for the U.K.’s 5Spike and Australia’s Seven Network, and a second installment of Scrap Kings for the U.K.’s Quest, Sweden’s Viasat World and Germany’s ProSieben.

The Paras: Men of War (working title), a new three-part ITV docuseries on the Parachute Regiment, is slated to premiere on the network next year.

Autentic Distribution’s latest round of deals includes the sale of more than 50 hours of history, people and nature programs to Czech channel Prima TV.

ZDF Enterprises is taking on the global distribution of Anthropocene: Human Force of Nature, a three-part documentary series about man’s influence on nature.

Arrow is launching two sister labels, Arrow Media and Arrow Pictures, which will represent different areas of the factual producer's content slate.

New Form and RAZE are co-producing a new documentary series for Facebook Watch called 365 Days of Love, which will feature RAZE co-founder and Modern Family star Sofia Vergara.

Eight Days that Made Rome, a new series about the Roman Empire hosted by Bettany Hughes, is slated to premiere on Smithsonian Channel in the new year.

Fremantle’s Original Productions (OP) has brought in Jeff Stepp, formerly with Karga 7 Pictures, as its new VP of development.

Extreme angler Cyril Chauquet, who serves as host, director and producer on Chasing Monsters, met with World Screen Newsflash to discuss the new season and how challenging himself personally ensures that the series is bigger and more extreme with each installment.