ITV Acquires ‘Tiny World’ & ‘Hostile Planet’ Producer Plimsoll Productions For $126M

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Loose Women panellist Brenda Edwards is "gutted" after being forced to pull out of performances of Chicago after injuring her leg. The ITV chat show star is currently touring the UK playing the role of Mama Morton but has been forced to miss today’s shows in Blackpool.

AJ Tracey has joined the packed line-up for Open’er Festival 2022.The Polish festival, which is held at Gdynia-Kosakowo Airport in Gdynia, kicks off today (June 29) and will run until the early hours of Sunday (July 3).Headliners at the 2022 festival include A$AP Rocky, The Killers, Dua Lipa, Playboi Carti and Twenty One Pilots.AJ Tracey has now joined the line-up, with his performance at Open’er Festival set to take place on the Tent Stage at 1:15am on the final day of the festival.The likes of Måneskin, Imagine Dragons, Clairo, The Smile, Little Simz, Inhaler and Jehnny Beth are all set to perform at Open’er Festival later today, with A$AP Rocky topping the bill later this evening.A post shared by Open'er Festival (@opener_festival)Tomorrow at Open’er will feature live performances from Royal Blood, Glass Animals, Tove Lo, Years & Years, BadBadNotGood and Don Toliver.You can find out more information about this year’s Open’er Festival by heading here.Earlier this month, AJ Tracey officially released ‘Seoul’, a track he first debuted during a freestyle for the New York rap show On The Radar.You can see Tracey’s upcoming tour dates below and find UK tickets here.July1 – Wknd Fest, Helsinki, Finland2 – Forbidden Forest, East Midlands7 – Rolling Loud, Portimão, Portugal9 – Crystal Palace Park, London10 – Nass, Bath24 – Solnaro, Braga, Portugal31 – Loosefest, NewcastleAugust6 – Sunny Hill, Kosovo12 – Way Out West, Gothenburg, Sweden13 – Øya, Oslo, NorwaySeptember3 – Sundown, Norwich11 – Rolling Loud, Toronto, Canada

Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield were back at the helm of This Morning today with yet another interesting line-up of discussions, interviews and celebrity guests. Following the recent news that John Lewis will now offer Botox and fillers at six of its UK stores, a member of the show's crew was given Botox live on air.

There was excitement bubbling among music fans as it was revealed at the start of This Morning that the original Sugababes line-up would be appearing on the show. And later, Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield were joined live in the studio by Siobhan Donaghy, Mutya Buena and Keisha Buchanan.

Universal/Amblin Entertainment’s Jurassic World Dominion is set to thrash past $500M worldwide today. The global total through Thursday is $493.2M. That includes $302.1M from the international box office and $191.1M domestic on the Colin Trevorrow-directed threequel.

Emmerdale star Kevin Mathurin has revealed his secret connection to Bradley Walsh's wife as the pair cuddled up at a recent awards bash. The actor, who plays Charles Anderson in the ITV soap, attended the British Soap Awards alongside his co-stars last weekend.

Not all Good Morning Britain viewers were impressed at the latest edition of the show. The ITV news programme was back for the last episode of the week on Friday (June 17).

This Morning fans couldn't help but giggle when Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield suffered a technical blunder which left them begging their crew for help. The pair were back fronting the ITV daytime show today which also happens to be their last show of the week.

Good Morning Britain fans couldn't help but notice that an interview with George Ezra on the show appeared a little awkward on Wednesday (June 15). The singer appeared via video link on the ITV news programme to chat with Susanna Reid and Richard Madeley.

Naman Ramachandran U.K. broadcaster ITV has completed its acquisition of leading natural history program producer Plimsoll Productions by taking a majority 79.5% stake.The deal, which was revealed by Variety last week, values Plimsoll at £131 million ($161 million) and ITV will pay £104 million ($127 million) in cash for the stake.Founded in Bristol in 2013, the BAFTA, Emmy and Academy award winning Plimsoll has produced hundreds of hours of content including “Tiny World” and “Giant World” for Apple+; “Hostile Planet” and “Supernatural Planet” for Disney; “Night on Earth” and “Animal” for Netflix and the upcoming series, “A Year on Planet Earth” for ITV, Tencent in China, Fox Nation in the U.S.

Naman Ramachandran U.K. broadcaster ITV has acquired a majority 79.5% stake in leading natural history program producer Plimsoll Productions.

Proud dad Michael Owen has criticised an under-18s girls' football coach over a sickening tweet about his Love Island star daughter Gemma. The former Liverpool and Manchester United striker called out a crude response on football coach Paul Proud's account after he admitting he didn't want to see the 19-year-old kissing on the ITV dating show.

Coronation Street favourite Sally Carman looked a far cry from her mechanic character Abi Franklin as she struck a pose on the red carpet at The British Soap Awards. Sally, who is currently at the centre of the drama in Weatherfield in her fight for custody of her baby boy Alfie, swapped Abi's overalls for a glitzy black jumpsuit for the awards in London.

It was the biggest night in soap as The British Soap Awards returned for 2022 on ITV. After a two-year absence due to the coronavirus pandemic, the annual event saw the UK’s biggest soaps compete against each other to bag a variety of awards.

Coronation Street fans renewed calls for soap baddie Pat Phelan to make a comeback to the cobbles - despite seeing him being killed off four years ago. Actor Connor McIntyre received a warm welcome at The British Soap Awards in London as he took to the stage to present long-time Corrie writer Jan McVerry with The Tony Warren Award for her achievements, named in honour of the soap's legendary creator.

Katie McGlynn has been inundated with support from fans as she recalled the death of her grandad for an important campaign. The former Coronation Street star appeared spoke to Lorraine Kelly on her ITV show on Thursday (June 9) as she shares her support for charity, Prostate Cancer UK.

Manori Ravindran International EditorITV Studios is buying British natural history producer Plimsoll Productions, Variety can reveal.While the acquisition isn’t a done deal just yet, sources indicate that it’s expected to close in the next two days. The deal, which sees ITV Studios take a majority stake in Grant Mansfield’s company, is a major coup for the “Love Island” super-indie, which has long been missing a strong natural history player in its entertainment and drama-skewing portfolio. Founded by RDF Media and Zodiak USA veteran Mansfield, Plimsoll was founded in 2013 and specializes in wildlife and natural history programming across its outposts in Bristol, Cardiff and Los Angeles.