U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 has commissioned Wonderhood Studios for a documentary series with the working title Baby Surgeons. Wonderhood has secured access to London’s St. George’s Hospital, a center for specialist fetal care. The series will explore the journeys parents go through to save their babies during complex pregnancies and will feature cutting-edge baby surgeries, […]
Channel 4 and Netflix have renewed The End of the F***ing World for a second season. The renewal was one of a number of new commissions – including a new drama from Russell T. Davies (“Queer as Folk”) – announced by the British broadcaster ahead of the Edinburgh Television Festival. BAFTA- and Emmy-nominated The End […]
Channel 4 is partnering with AMC as co-producer of Loaded, an eight-part series that follows four tech entrepreneurs and childhood friends who become multi-millionaires overnight. A co-production between AMC, Channel 4, Hillbilly Television and Keshet UK, Loaded will be an English-language version based on the award-wining Keshet International series Mesudarim created by Muli Segev and Assaf […]
Channel 4 has acquired U.K. broadcasting rights to Fox Television’s “This Is Us,” which premiered to strong ratings on NBC in the U.S. earlier this week. The comedy drama, created by “Danny Collins” writer-director Dan Fogelman, follows the lives of a variety of people who share the same birthday, as their paths cross and lives […]
The BBC has lost the rights to broadcast “The Great British Bake Off,” which was the most-watched show on U.K. television last year. Channel 4 will now air the series, after signing a three-year deal with Love Productions, the baking show’s creators. Channel 4’s first “Bake Off” episode will be a celebrity version of the […]
Channel 4 and Sony Pictures Television have today announced they are partnering on a hugely ambitious original drama series based on the short stories written by award-winning sci-fi novelist Philip K. Dick. The ten-part anthology series, Electric Dreams: The World of Philip K. Dick, will be written and executive produced by Emmy-nominated Ronald D. Moore […]
AMC, Channel 4 and Kudos today announced that the critically-acclaimed drama series “Humans” has been renewed for a second season. The series will return for eight new episodes, with production starting next year. Penned by British writing partners Sam Vincent and Jonathan Brackley (“Spooks,” Spooks: The Greater Good) and based on the award-winning Swedish sci-fi […]
AMC has debuted a new teaser for their sci-fi drama “Humans,” premiering Sunday, June 28 at 9pm/8c. Channel 4, AMC and Kudos’ new series is set in a parallel present, where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a ‘Synth’ – a highly-developed robotic servant eerily similar to its live counterpart. In the […]
Check out a teaser above for the new science-fiction series coming to AMC this Summer, Humans. Humans, a bold new eight-part drama series from AMC, Channel 4 and Kudos, is set in a parallel present where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a ‘Synth’ – a highly-developed robotic servant eerily similar to […]
Channel 4 has acquired the UK premiere broadcast rights to “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” the anticipated new series from Marvel Television and ABC Studios. The series will premiere on Channel 4 in the fall, soon after its launch on ABC in the US. “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” is Marvel’s first live-action television series about the […]