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  • Tony Jordan to write new drama series for UKTV’s Watch

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    Spooks and Hustle writer Tony Jordan has created a new 10-part series for UKTV’s flagship entertainment channel, Watch. Legion is the channel’s first original drama commission and will be produced by Jordan’s Red Planet Pictures. Announcing the series, Jordan revealed it would follow criminologist Nathan Jones who, after learning the devastating news that his 10…

  • Yesterday snaps up new extreme weather series

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    The impact of extreme weather conditions on major events such as the Hindenburg crash, the sinking of the Titanic and the Challenger disaster is explored in a new series set to air on Yesterday. The UKTV-owned channel has snapped up rights to nine-part series, Weather That Changed The World. The show uses extreme weather footage,…

  • Really snaps up rights to US medical drama Emily Owens M.D.

    Really snaps up rights to US medical drama Emily Owens M.D.

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    UKTV has grabbed the UK rights to CBS’s medical drama series Emily Owens M.D. for its free-to-air entertainment channel Really. The 13-part series stars Mamie Gummer (The Good Wife) in the eponymous title role – a geeky graduate leaving her days as an awkward student behind her and beginning an exciting new chapter as an…

  • Dave on demand player goes live on YouView

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    A new on demand player offering content from UKTV’s popular free-to-air channel Dave has been added to YouView boxes. First announced last month, the player gives viewers access to hit shows such as Dara O Briain: School of Hard Sums, Ross Noble’s Freewheeling and Russell Howard’s Good News. The content will also be available via…

  • YouView announces new catch-up and on demand deal with UKTV

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    YouView users will soon gain access to catch-up and on demand content from UKTV’s popular free-to-air channels Dave, Yesterday and Really. In July a Dave-branded portal will be added to the YouView on demand menu with content also available via YouView’s scroll back programme guide. YouView customers will enjoy demand access to hit shows such…

  • UKTV reveals new look for Really

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    UKTV is to rebrand its Really channel as it seeks to “shift viewer perceptions.” The lifestyle-themed channel draws audiences of around 4.7 million each week and has seen audiences grow off the back of major US acquisitions including Hart of Dixie and CIA spy thriller Covert Affairs which stars Piper Perabo (Coyote Ugly). The shows…