Discovery And Foxtel Strike Multi-Year Partnership; BBC Airport Doc; Banijay Asia Scripted Boss; Hulu Picks Up ‘Peckham’s Finest’ – Global Briefs

EXCLUSIVE: The excitement surrounding Steven Knight’s upcoming big-budget BBC war thriller Rogue Heroes has ramped up another notch with buyers in Europe, Canada and Australia acquiring the drama.

Naman Ramachandran Seven Network in Australia is this week to begin broadcasting “Police Strike Force,” a documentary series made in close partnership with the New South Wales police. The 6×60 minute series is produced by WTFN and licensed internationally by Fred Media.

Kodi Smit-McPhee is promoting his critically acclaimed film!

Foxtel in Australia has become the latest broadcaster to suspend transmission of the Kremlin-backed RT channel in the region.

BFF knows best! Caroline Lunny has nothing but nice things to say about Becca Kufrin’s man, Thomas Jacobs.

Victoria Beckham is among a long list of celebrities from around the world that have gathered at the Longleat estate in Wiltshire to celebrate Edward Enninful's wedding to partner Alec Maxwell.MORE: Cruz Beckham poses shirtless in bold new photo – dad David Beckham reactsThe couple is due to marry this week in front of 300 A-list guests but on Tuesday night, Edward began the celebrations by throwing a party to mark his 50th birthday – and Victoria dressed to the nines.WATCH: David and Victoria Beckham surprise son Cruz with EPIC birthday cakeIn a photo posted by Anders Christian Madsen, a fashion critic at British Vogue, the mother-of-four can be seen posing in a stunning white dress – which could have easily passed as a bridal gown.READ: Victoria and David Beckham's castle wedding had 430 unknown attendeesRELATED: Victoria and David Beckham's outlandish wedding day was another level - photos"Off to @edward_enninful’s birthday ball with my two dates, because prom dreams come true. Thank you @davidbeckham and @joeledgerton for letting me stand-in," Anders wrote, also posing alongside Vogue Australia fashion editor Christine Centenera.

Nadine Dorries’ views on the UK’s beleaguered national broadcasting corporation have been polarising since she was promoted to the role of Culture Secretary in September 2021, but in an interview with the Sunday Times, she emphasised her wish to protect the BBC into the future.

Kate Aurthur editorDiscovery Plus has unveiled the trailer for its three-part docuseries “Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed,” an investigation into the church made famous by its celebrity congregation, such as Justin Bieber, various Kardashians and other stars. All three episodes will drop on the streamer on March 24.The series explores the rise of Hillsong, which was founded in Australia by Brian Houston as an offshoot of his father Frank’s Sydney-based Pentecostal church.

A furious dad has vowed never to return to Manchester Airport due to its 'unfair' parking fees.

Hundreds of people rallied in the rain at Sydney’s Town Hall against the Religious Discrimination Bill on Saturday afternoon.Organised by the Community Action for Rainbow Rights (CARR), speakers included NSW Greens MP David Shoebridge, Sydney Girls High year 10 student Sumaya, and CARR’s co-convenor April Holcombe.Sumaya, who identified as a queer Muslim, rallied the crowd with a passionate call to action, saying, “the Bill means that queer people across all areas of public life must live in fear. At the very best, we hide who we are. At the very worst, we lose everything.”Holcombe spoke of the continuing threat of the Bill, which was indefinitely shelved by the government on Thursday. “It might have been shelved this week, but it is not dead.

CBS Studios is ramping up its international order book.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefDiscovery has announced that it has struck a multi-year agreement to supply content to Foxtel Group, Australia’s pay-TV market leader.The renewed deal covers factual, documentary and reality content from the flagship Discovery Channel as well as the TLC, Investigation Discovery, Discovery Turbo and Animal Planet channels. Significantly, Discovery’s content will be available for Australian subscribers to stream on demand on Foxtel and on its associated streaming service Binge.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorJerusalem-based sales agent Go2Films has taken both worldwide rights (excluding North America) and Israeli distribution rights to “Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen” by Oscar-nominated director Daniel Raim and narrated by Jeff Goldblum. Kino Lorber and Zeitgeist Films will handle North American distribution on the film, which follows the making of Norman Jewison’s “Fiddler on the Roof.”The film was meant to have its international premiere in the Official Selection of Palm Springs Film Festival, which was cancelled due to COVID-19.