Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) UK has commissioned 149 hours of new and returning lifestyle programming for both local channels and its Discovery+ streamer. Ten shows have been ordered in total, with four brand new commissions and six returning series. Among its new shows is The Big Body Clinic, an 8 x 60-minute series from Full […]
Warner Bros. Discovery UK has commissioned three new true crime series – The Swindlers, Dead Fake and Michael Sams: Kidnapper Killer – and renewed Deadliest Mums & Dads for a second season. The Swindlers (working title) is a 6 x 60-minute docuseries produced by Crackit Productions, which examines some of the most audacious stories of […]
Discovery is expanding its streaming service Dplay into the UK and Ireland. The AVOD service, which is currently available out of 10 countries including Italy and the Nordics, will unite content from Discovery’s six free-to-air channels, including Quest, Really, Quest Red, Home, Food Network and DMAX. The platform includes popular franchises from Discovery’s flagship free-to-air […]
Discovery has commissioned Woodcut Media for a Quest Red series on the British police, and a returning series of The Killer In My Family. Canada-headquartered distributor Blue Ant International provided deficit funding for the new series and will handle global distribution for both programmes outside the UK. British Police: Our Toughest Cases (6 x 60 […]
Discovery Networks has picked up Zig Zag Productions’ Killing Michael Jackson for the UK, Italy, Germany and the Nordics. The global business will also launch the hour-long film, which marks the 10-year anniversary of Jackson’s death by exploring circumstances around his passing and its aftermath, on its free-to-air channel Quest Red in the UK. The doc […]
Discovery-owned free-to-air channel Quest Red has commissioned Full Fat TV to produce The Bad Skin Clinic. The 8 x 60-minute series will follow dermatological surgeon Dr. Emma Craythorne and her team of experts at their Harley Street clinic as they treat and transform the lives of those suffering from debilitating skin conditions. The team treats individuals […]
Discovery is expanding its UK portfolio with a male-skewing free-to-air entertainment channel. DMax will launch in the UK on 16 January with programmes including adult animated comedy Archer, reality series Naked and Afraid and Man Vs Food and Alaska-set doc series Life Below Zero. The channel is to have an “adventurous tone” that centers around […]
Discovery Communications is launching Quest Red in the UK, its second free-to-air channel in the territory. Billed as ‘the home of irresistibly real TV’ the female-skewing channel will sit alongside Discovery’s existing free TV channel in the UK, Salvage Hunters channel Quest. Discovery CEO David Zaslav gave notice of the UK launch earlier this week, […]
