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Killer Lies: Chasing a True Crime Con Man’s director Ben Selkow and Lauren Collins, the journalist behind the article that inspired the series, tell World Screen Newsflash about breaking down the story across three episodes and delving deeper into Stéphane Bourgoin’s lies.

The Zelensky Story, charting Volodymyr Zelensky’s journey from young actor and entertainer to President of Ukraine, is slated to premiere on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer on September 4.

Prime Video has lined up the new reality series Wear Whatever The F You Want, with Clinton Kelly and Stacy London, longtime hosts of What Not to Wear, appearing on camera together for the first time in over a decade.

A+E Networks EMEA is set to launch five FAST channels on Plex in the U.K., featuring hit titles and series from both the U.K. and the U.S.

UKTV has commissioned Katie Piper: Locked Up in Louisiana for U&W and Guy Martin’s Proper Jobs for U&Dave.

Sky Arts has commissioned the one-hour documentary Anita Rani—The Brontes: Sisters of Disruption (w.t.) from Wise Owl Films.

Screen Australia has chosen 11 documentaries through the Producer Program and two through the Commissioned Program to share in A$3 million ($2.03 million) of production funding.

BBC Factual has commissioned the docuseries Signs for Living with Rose Ayling-Ellis (w.t.) from Rogan Productions (ABBA: Against the Odds, Becoming Frida Kahlo).

On Ten Productions’ Spiked: The Hunt for the Origin of Covid-19 is to have its TV Real Premiere on August 27 at 9 a.m. EDT.

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) has selected Emmy-winning journalist, anchor and author Jane Pauley and Academy Award-winning documentarian, director and producer Alex Gibney as the Lifetime Achievement honorees at the 45th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards.