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The recently launched Glasgow indie Two Rivers Media has tapped Lucy Bacon for the role of director of unscripted development, effective August 19.

The tvN Asia original production Wok the World: Unearthed Rice Story has begun shooting in China.

FOX has ordered a ten-episode third season of Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back.

Smithsonian Channel is set to reveal the story of the discovery of the “Holy Grail” of missing World War II warships in the new three-part series Hunt for Eagle 56, which is slated for a September release.

BBC America has reconfirmed its commitment to landmark natural-history series, revealing the Wonderstruck micro-net and commissioning a new project from BBC Studios' Natural History Unit.

Writer and producer Neal Baer (ER, Law & Order: SVU, Designated Survivor), filmmaker P.J. Palmer (Anyone But Me) and L.A.-based writer Michael J. Wolfe have come together to develop and produce The Mystery of the 1957 Gay Wedding Photos, an unscripted series searching for answers about a set of recently surfaced images.

HBO has confirmed its slate of documentaries for the rest of the year, including Roger Ross Williams’ The Apollo, an insider’s look at the history and legacy of the legendary Apollo Theater.

Orange Smarty has inked international deals across its growing slate of co-funded shows, which includes Claimed and Shamed, Call the Cleaners and Bear About the House: Living with My Supersized Pet.

Fremantle has tapped former Red Arrow Studios International exec Harry Gamsu and all3media international alum Céire Clark for its non-scripted content team.

Dorsey Pictures, a Red Arrow Studios company, has expanded its true-crime programming executive team as it opens up new office spaces in Burbank, California and Castle Rock, Colorado.