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Scripted producer, Endor Productions has appointed Jen McConnell as its new head of development. McConnell joins Endor after working as a story producer on Sanditon seasons two and three for Masterpiece and Britbox, following a period of development and as…

Lifetime in the US has announced that Critic’s Choice award-winning hit series Married at First Sight, will kick off a brand new season on Wednesday, January 4, 2023 at 8/7c. The reality series heads to Nashville, Tennessee, where ten singles…

Vienna Blood, the thrilling period crime drama set in 1900s Vienna, is set to premiere on BBC Two in the UK on December 14 – with all episodes available on iPlayer from that day. Season 3 is set to air…

Broadcast has announced its shortlist for the annual Broadcast Awards, and Seven.One Studios production company CPL Productions has been nominated in an incredible four categories. Life & Rhymes is up for best entertainment programme. The Sky Original series, hosted by…

The new, supersized version of the world’s leading relationship format Married At First Sight UK dominated ratings during its dramatic seventh series, becoming Channel 4’s most successful show of 2022. The social experiment sees singles who have failed to find…

Channel 4 in the UK has commissioned a new Married at First Sight Christmas special, Married at First Sight UK: Christmas Reunion, set to air on E4 in December. E4 has decked the halls of a swanky country hideaway and…

CPL Productions' spoken word series Life & Rhymes has won the Venice TV Award for light entertainment. The Sky Original series, hosted by acclaimed British writer and poet, Professor Benjamin Zephaniah, sees some of the country’s leading spoken word performers…

Married at First Sight UK, produced by CPL Productions, returned to Channel 4's E4 last night to stellar ratings on its season 7 launch. Following on from the success of season 6, the premiere episode became the second-most watched show…

Controlling Britney Spears has been nominated by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for a Primetime Emmy award in the outstanding documentary or nonfiction special category. The event documentary – by the makers of Framing Britney Spears, produced by Left/Right…

RTL in Germany has renewed ambitious reality format Buying Blind, produced by Redseven Entertainment, for a second season. Buying Blind has been a hit for RTL in Germany, outperforming the broadcaster's channel average, with the highest rating episode drawing an…