‘Peaky Blinders’ Creator’s BBC Series ‘SAS: Rogue Heroes’ Begins Filming — Global Bulletin

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Jamie Lang In today’s Global Bulletin, Netflix announces July 23 Season 2 release date for “Sky Rojo”; Mexican animated feature “Cranston Academy: Monster Zone” sells in key territories; Tern Television hires David Marshall as head of entertainment; Channel 7’s Australian Ivan Milat docu-series heads abroad; ITV preps for the 100th anniversary of Poirot’s first appearance; and Channel 5 commissions “Wonderful Wales with Michael Ball” from Wildflame Productions.Netflix Spain has announced that

Jamie Lang In today’s Global Bulletin, UKTV hires Sarah Asante to ramp up its comedy ambitions; Olga Hellsing and Thomas Douglas join the “Spencer” cast; APC sells “Keeping Faith” season three in key territories; Lionsgate Play and Telkomsel partner in Indonesia; and Channel 4 serves up something new with “Cook Clever, Waste Less with Prue & Rupy.”UKTV has hired longtime BBC vet Sarah Asante to ramp up its scripted comedy division, reporting to UKTV head of scripted Pete Thornton.

Naman Ramachandran Paul Feig and Lionsgate are teaming with Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford’s Merman to adapt the hit BBC Two series “Motherland” for the U.S. market.“Grace and Frankie” writer Julieanne Smolinski is adapting the show, which is in early development.

Bill Bailey, Emily Atack, Jamali Maddix and Judi Love are on the celebrity pa nel with a new guest panellist each week. Episode one saw Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen join the judges.

Naman Ramachandran In today’s Global Bulletin, the BBC ups arts and music programming; BBC Studioworks hires Universal’s Katie Leveson; “Promising Young Woman” gets Sky Cinema release in the U.K.; HBO Europe commissions “The Informant”‘; and Hulu picks up Israeli series “Juda.”BBC is doubling investments in arts and music programming on BBC Two over the next two years and will commit to at least eight major arts and music boxset series for BBC iPlayer each year.A new structure will see arts and

Jamie Lang In today’s Global Bulletin, Peacock shares a first look at “We Are Lady Parts”; Warner Music Group launches Atlantic Records Russia; Baby Cow hires Sarah Monteith; Fugitive picks up three MultiChoice series; and the Erich Pommer Institut shares details for its inaugural Series’ Women program.Peacock has unveiled a first-look photo of its upcoming series “We Are Lady Parts,” a musical comedy turning on an all-female Muslim punk rock band called Lady Parts as they look to recruit a

Naman Ramachandran In today’s Global Bulletin, TVA commissions second season of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s” Canadian version “Escouade 99”; Series Mania launches training program Eureka Series; U.K.’s Channel 4 hires digital commissioning head; and Russian series “Squared Zebra” wins Reed Midem award.French Canadian network TVA has commissioned a second season of “Escouade 99,” the first international version of NBCUniversal Formats‘ hit series “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.”Shooting on the second season has

Jamie Lang In today’s Global Bulletin, the BBC launches its “Songs to Live By” podcast with Warner Music Group; Netflix orders “Santo” from Spain’s Nostromo Pictures; Mubi makes two executive hires; and “Jersey Boys” heads to London’s West End.The BBC has launched “Songs to Live By,” a new podcast series hosted by Vick Hope celebrating Black voices and experiences.

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Following their collaboration on the Tom Hardy series “Taboo” and the upcoming “Great Expectations,” Ridley Scott and Steven Knight are going to reunite again. Deadline reports the pair are developing a 10-episode series, titled “Roads To Freedom,” but haven’t secured a financier or broadcaster as there are international suitors.

EastEnders actress Jessica Plummer has joined Gugu Mbatha-Raw and David Oyelowo in HBO Max and BBC One’s limited series The Girl Before.

Naman Ramachandran A new current affairs series for BBC Two will chart the relationship of couples Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, and Prince William and Kate Middleton with the media.Presented by BBC media editor Amol Rajan for the BBC Two channel, the two-part series features over 50 hours of interviews, conducted over several months, and tracks the divergent paths taken by the two sets of younger Royals.

Naman Ramachandran U.K. production funding and distribution agency Drive has sold two-part documentary series “The Diana Interview: Revenge of a Princess” to Channel Nine in Australia, REELZ in the U.S., TV 2 in Norway, Servus TV in Austria, RTL Netherlands and TVNOW in Germany, to broadcast this year.Produced by Minnow Films for U.K.

Casting has been unveiled for SAS: Rogue Heroes, the new six-part drama series from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, made for BBC One by Banijay-owned banner Kudos. Based on Ben Macintyre’s best-selling book of the same name, SAS: Rogue Heroes is a dramatised account of how the world’s greatest Special Forces unit, the SAS, was formed under extraordinary circumstances in the darkest days of WWII.

The BBC has announced the cast for SAS: Rogue Heroes, Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight’s dramatized account of how Britain’s Special Forces unit was formed in the darkest days of World War Two.

Jamie Lang In today’s Global Bulletin, BBC Sport plans a week of content dedicated to International Women’s Day, NENT Studios U.K.