‘Grantchester’ Renewed For 10th Season By Masterpiece

John Bleasdale Guest Contributor Veteran festival director Marco Mueller was only hired to take over as the artistic director of the Taormina Film Festival in April this year. “I’m stressed out,” he told Variety, two weeks ahead of the festival opening, but he is philosophical.

Sunny Side of the Doc, the world’s biggest documentary-focused marketplace in the world, wrapped its 35th edition Thursday, after gathering 2,100 participants over four days in La Rochelle, France.

The Bear was renewed for a third season last year, and that season just debuted on Hulu this week.

EXCLUSIVE: Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood has been confirmed for a seventh season, which kicks off on August 12 on PBS Kids. The 14-episode Season 7 of the animated series from Fred Rogers Productions will feature a new format, in addition to a half-hour special.

Canada’s Sphere Media has acquired Abacus Media Rights, the UK-based distributor that sells Leaving Neverland and Scrublands.

K.J. Yossman Upcoming period drama “Outrageous” has found its Mitford Sisters.

UKTV‘s drama series about the Mitford sisters has unveiled cast and BritBox International has boarded for North America.

Customers of UK based fast-fashion retailer PrettyLittleThing (PLT) have reported receiving emails informing them their accounts have been deactivated.

Jordan Pickford's England shirt could have boasted a different surname if his dad hadn't opted for a name change by deed poll during his school days. Lee Pickford, Jordan's father, was unfortunately nicknamed by his peers while growing up in the north east. Everton's number one and England's go-to goalkeeper for Euro 2024 is a seasoned player with over 60 international caps to his name.

Millwall goalkeeper Matija Sarkic has tragically died at the age of 26 after falling ill.The Grimsby-born Montenegro international - who played for a string of British clubs including Aston Villa, Wolves, Birmingham City and Stoke City - is reported to have become ill at an apartment in the town of Budva after being on international duty. His friends immediately called for an ambulance but he died around 6:30am local time on Saturday.The sportsman started Montenegro's 2-0 friendly defeat to Belgium last Thursday and was named man of the match after making an impressive nine saves.The goalkeeper spent time in Belgian giants Anderlecht's academy as a youngster before joining Villa.

Cadbury is set to delight chocolate lovers by bringing back the beloved Cadbury Top Deck for a limited time.

Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out 2 had its first full day of play at the international box office on Wednesday with No. 1 starts in each of its eight material markets, including strong debuts in majors Korea and Germany as well as the Philippines. The total through day one overseas is $4.9M. Majors joining through Friday include Australia, Mexico and the UK.

The Conservative Party manifesto confirms that a General Election win on July 4 will see the introduction of the ‘Triple Lock Plus’, a new measure that will ensure the Personal Allowance - which has been frozen at £12,570 since April 2021 - rise in-line each year with the Triple Lock. This guarantee would mean that the Personal Allowance is always higher than the maximum rate of the New State Pension, which is now worth £11,502 annually.

Former Premier League defender Jose Enrique believes a Manchester United departure could benefit Marcus Rashford.

The waiting is almost over. Hundreds of thousands of Tartan Army have descended on Germany and millions more will watch around the globe as Scotland kick off Euro 2024 against the hosts in Munich's Allianz Arena.

EXCLUSIVE: Former Netflix EMEA Head of Animated Series Alexi Wheeler is launching UK-based production company Wheel In Motion under the auspices of burgeoning French content conglomerate Superprod Group.

EXCLUSIVE: Iconic Poirot actor David Suchet will replicate an international expedition crime writer Agatha Christie took in the 1920s in a five-part doc series.

EXCLUSIVE: The Upshaws will be coming to an end. Netflix has picked up a 12-episode final installment of the blue-collar multi-camera comedy starring Mike Epps, Kim Fields and Wanda Sykes.

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EXCLUSIVE: Bryan Brown and Greta Scacchi are back for more adventures in the Australian outback after Darby and Joan was renewed for a second season by Acorn TV.