Rachel Okine of Australia’s ABC, Manuel Alduy of France Télévisions, Mette Nelund of TV2 Denmark, David Crean of Ireland’s RTÉ and Thomas Robins of Sky New Zealand are the latest drama heads to join the Content London line-up.

NEWS BRIEF: Polish broadcaster TVP 2 is bringing back Banijay’s scripted crime format Penoza for a third season after an eight year hiatus. The series is produced by Endemol Shine Poland and due to premiere in the spring.

NEWS BRIEF: BBC Studios owned multichannel broadcaster UKTV has commissioned Classic Car Kings, a 6x60’ motoring series from Chatterbox Media which will premiere on its U&Yesterday network in 2025.

NEWS BRIEF: UK pubcaster the BBC has acquired the US adaptation of its long running satirical review show Have I Got News for You.

NEWS BRIEF Turkey’s Fauna Entertainment has partnered with Argentine prodco El Reino Infantil (ERI) to adapt ERI’s kids shows, including La Granja de Zenón for the Turkish market.

CEO, head of development
Giant
Ireland

Producer
EyeCandyFilm
Denmark

MD
Studio Meala
Ireland

Each of the almost 70 series being pitched this week at Cartoon Forum has a fixed format of episode numbers and lengths, ranging from the short (52x3') to the long (8x45'), with plenty somewhere in between and most of them fitting the familiar 26x22' or 52x11' of a traditional TV series.

Development manager
Andarta Pictures
France