Studio Lambert Makes UK & US Changes; Channel 4 Comedy Acquisition; Banijay’s Mastiff CEO — Global Briefs

BBC Studios Partners With ‘Repair Shop’ Star Jay Blades & Hungry Bear

Tom Hollander Starring In Billie August Post-WWII Drama ‘Me, You’

Paramount’s Channel 5 To Revive BBC Cult Hit ‘Challenge Anneka’ After 30 Years

Netflix Greenlights Swedish Film ‘A Day And A Half’ From ‘Chernobyl’ Star Fares Fares

Richard E. Grant bags guest role in ‘20,000 Leagues Under the Sea’ retelling

Fremantle’s Fiction Valley Ties With ‘Dirty Lines’ Creator Pieter Bart Korthuis

Sky Recommissions ‘Never Mind The Buzzcocks’ On Four-Strong Entertainment Slate

‘Trump In Tweets’ Producer Wonderhood Bolsters Senior Team

Sky Orders Soccer Transfer Window Docs Series ‘The Window’ From Universal Pictures Content Group & Pitch Productions

In a further expansion of their kids and family programming slate, HBO Max and Cartoon Network are teaming on new live-action coming-of-age comedy series, Home Sweet Rome, from Emmy-nominated Hannah Montana and That’s So Raven creator Michael Poryes, for premiere in 2023.

Channel 4 Puts 1,000 Hours Of Shows On YouTube: British broadcaster Channel 4 has signed a deal with YouTube to put 1,000 hours of programming on the Google-owned streaming platform. The agreement expands on an existing partnership between the companies and will allow Channel 4 to sell its own advertising around the show — a first-of-its-kind deal in the UK and Europe. Shows will begin rolling out this month and include 8 Out Of 10 Cats; Location, Location, Location; Nikki Grahame: Who Is She?, SAS: Who Dares Wins and The Dog House. Selected titles will be made available 30 days after their first broadcast on Channel 4 or younger sibling network E4. Channel 4 has been following a five-year ‘Future 4’ strategy to supercharge digital revenues, and its management believes today’s deal represents a “major step” in that process.

RTS London Unveils Lineup & Warner Bros Discovery’s Priya Dogra As Chair

Naman Ramachandran BBC Documentaries, Channel 4 Documentaries, Specialist Factual and Current Affairs and independent production companies, Gold Star Productions, ie ie Productions, Lambent Productions, Middlechild, Mindhouse and Yeti Media are among the first to commit to 50% women directors across their output, thanks to a groundbreaking campaign by We Are Doc Women. WADW’s 2021 factual TV survey, showed that men are three times more likely than women to direct documentaries and the organization has launched a campaign for change and is contacting indies, broadcasters and SVODs demanding a fairer playing field for women directors and asking them directly to commit to employing 50% of women directors on all factual and current affairs output.

Paramount+ Acquires Drama ‘Compulsion’ From Eccho Rights: Paramount+ has added a drama from its Paramount Global stablemate Channel 5 to its collection in several territories around the world. The streamer has tapped distributor Eccho Rights for Compulsion, which recently aired in the UK, for exclusive rights in Australia, Latin America and the Nordics. Moving On producer LA Productions made the show in association with Sweden-based Eccho. The family drama, from writer Sarah Deane, follows a woman on the edge of losing everything who meets a stranger who seems to have the answers to her problems. Leanne Best (Cold Feet) stars alongside Anna Chancellor (The Watch) and Hayley Mills (Pollyanna).

Fremantle-Owner RTL Group Boosts Revenues By 11.3%

Miranda Lambert has thanked fans for "'singing so loudly" as she returned to the stage.MORE: Miranda Lambert risks wardrobe malfunction in revealing dress at 2022 CMT Music AwardsThe country star, who released her new album on 29 April, took to social media to share a video of herself on stage rocking a skintight denim dress with sparkly rights and tan cowboy boots. She paired the look with organ fringing along the sleeves and a diamante buckle.WATCH: Miranda Lambert returns to the stage after Palomino release"Back at it," she shared alongside a fire emoji."Thanks Alabama and Tennessee for singing so loudly with us this weekend.

British Comedy Legend Billy Connolly To Be Given BAFTA Fellowship

Miranda Lambert is reflecting on her 2015 divorce from Blake Shelton.

A true wild card. Miranda Lambert is known for speaking her mind through her music — and she’s not afraid to get candid about the country music scene, either.

BBC Greenlights Three Science Shows Including Brian Cox Mars Doc