UKTV has commissioned new Pete Wicks: For Dogs’ Sake (4×60’) for free-to-air entertainment channel U&W, and recently rebranded free streaming service U. Produced by BBC Studios Entertainment, this docu-series will follow TV star, podcaster, and animal welfare advocate Pete Wicks as he works with Dogs Trust to rescue, rehabilitate and rehome vulnerable dogs. Wicks said: […]
Racing series Extreme E has appointed multi-award-winning creative communications agency, W Communications, as its new official communications agency. As part of its remit, W will work closely with Extreme E’s in-house teams to support the championship’s ongoing communications strategy and to grow the profile of the sport, which is currently in its fourth season. The […]
UKTV has commissioned The Real Midwives of Essex (8×60’) from Firecracker Films (Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over, Emma Willis: Delivering Babies). This new docu-reality series will delve into the working and social lives of Basildon University Hospital’s midwives. Following every aspect of their day-to-day, this UKTV Original series will really shine a light on who they […]
Celebrity couple Gemma Atkinson and Gorka Márquez are back to share more of their life unfiltered in the second season of Gemma and Gorka: Life Behind the Lens (6×60’) for UKTV’s free-to-air entertainment channel W and streaming service UKTV Play. Produced by Two Rivers Media, the hit UKTV Original series will return to screens later this year. Once again, the couple […]
Emma Willis returns to W and UKTV Play for a fourth season of Emma Willis: Delivering Babies (6×60’). The award-winning UKTV Original series, produced by Firecracker Films, will see Willis move to Watford General Hospital, managed by West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, to take on the role of Maternity Support Worker. Willis said: “It […]
Raffolux, the digital raffle operator, has secured a £1.5 million (€1.7m) investment through a unique fundraising initiative with media company UKTV Ventures. The partnership involves an investment in premium advertising on UKTV linear TV channels in exchange for minority equity stakes in direct-to-consumer start-ups. They aim to help the business scale at pace to become […]
UKTV has announced its first true crime commission for free-to-air entertainment channel W and streaming service UKTV Play. Red Flag (8 x 60’) is a UKTV Original series produced by First Look TV and will air in 2024. Over eight compelling episodes, the stories of people who have been catfished, gaslit and deceived are told […]
Commercial broadcaster UKTV has announced the launch of four Free Ad-supported Streaming TV (FAST) channels on Samsung TV Plus and Pluto TV. The news marks the broadcaster’s debut in the FAST market with further plans to build on the offer with FAST channels to launch on its free streaming service UKTV Play. The new channels […]
Brown Bob, the independent production company based in London and founded in 2013 by Jacqueline Hewer and Nicki Gottlieb, has announced they are expanding with the opening of its Cardiff base, Brown Bob Cymru. The indie, whose ethos is “smart entertainment” has carved out a reputation in delivering high volume, returnable programmes. From fixed-rig factual […]
Documentary maker Stacey Dooley and UKTV’s free-to-air channel W will return to explore more unusual lifestyles of families overseas in a second season of Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over USA (3×60’). Filming for the UKTV Original series, produced by Firecracker Films, will begin later this year and will air on W and UKTV Play in 2024. […]