BFC Updates Production Protocols; ‘Bake Off’s Nadiya Hussain Voices Covid-Inspired BBC Kids Series; UK Approves Third Vaccine — Global Briefs

Miguel is set to be a mentor and judge on the new BBC Three streetwear show The Drop.The eight-part competition series, which is set to be filmed in Manchester, will see “10 of Britain’s most promising up-and-coming creatives – who all believe they are sitting on the next streetwear brand that is ready to make the leap from the bedroom to the global market – go head to head to win the chance to have their first line stocked in a major UK retailer”.Miguel will serve as one of The Drop‘s two

Star Wars franchise actor John Boyega and Robert De Niro are on board to star in Netflix's car race prodigy drama The Formula. Gerard McMurray (Burning Sands) will direct the movie about a Formula One race car prodigy who becomes a getaway driver to save his family.

Louise Minchin brightened up her followers' morning by sharing a hilarious photo of her hairstyle amid the UK's third lockdown on Wednesday.With hair salons firmly closed, the BBC Breakfast star happily posed for a selfie as she showed off her blonde locks which appeared slightly more static than usual.

Kate Garraway has written a deeply personal book about her husband’s almost year long battle with COVID.

Loose Women panelists are the subject of Nadia Sawalha's latest Instagram post following Saira Khan's 'unfollowing spree'.The 56-year-old posted a throwback photo featuring Stacey Solomon, Judi Love and Kaye Adams all beaming at the camera.She told fans of the fun they always filming the award-winning ITV show, as reports the Mirror. "THIS IS AN OLD PHOTO BEFORE ANYONE GOES NUTS !!" Nadia was quick to reassure followers amid lockdowns across the UK, as the foursome appeared to be in a bar.

A Julia Child series is in the works at HBO Max!

Richard Sharp, the millionaire former banker on the cusp of being appointed as the BBC’s next chair, has used his first public appearance to praise the work of the British broadcaster and its role on the world stage — but he couldn’t help having a dig at recent Hugh Laurie series Roadkill.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has greenlit a new version of BBC Three’s high-concept masked dating show, Sexy Beasts, as part of a wave of UK-made reality series, Deadline can reveal.

Rebel Wilson did a lot of dating before meeting boyfriend Jacob Busch, because she tried an “experiment” of not saying no to any man who asked her out. The 40-year-old revealed her “learning” process of not shutting the door on the possibility of love during the new episode of Ant Middleton & Rebel Wilson: Straight Talking, airing on Britain’s Sky One on Jan. 14.

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip received coronavirus vaccines amid the ongoing pandemic.

Naman Ramachandran Nadiya Hussain, who shot to global stardom when she won the 2015 edition of “The Great British Bake Off,” is set to voice new CBeebies show “What’s On Your Head?”Produced by London and Bristol-based indie outfit Gold Wala, the show is a 10-part factual entertainment series inspired by the wearing of face masks during the pandemic.

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a hot new transatlantic project to start 2021: The Morning Show star Gugu Mbatha-Raw is set to be cast as the lead in a BBC adaptation of JP Delaney’s best-selling psychological thriller The Girl Before.