The evidence suggests the true crime documentary genre is more popular than ever in the UK, with yet another dedicated channel launching this autumn to serve the market.

In the C21FM Weekly Review Show, which this week runs from 10am today to 10am on Monday September 20, we play highlights from a great week on the station. Tune in for a mix of music, news and interviews that put the global content business in perspective.

NEWS BRIEF: LA-based production, distribution and post-production company Electric Entertainment has acquired global distribution rights to pandemic-focused drama series To the Lake.

NEWS BRIEF: YouTube Originals has ordered a feature-length documentary based on Pope Francis’s 2015 environment encyclical Laudato Si’ from My Octopus Teacher prodco Off the Fence.

NEWS BRIEF: UK prodco Lime Pictures (Free Rein, Hollyoaks) has concluded a TV option deal with publisher Hachette Children’s Group for award-winning author Zanib Mian's book series Planet Omar. 

NEWS BRIEF: Canale 5 in Italy has commissioned a local version of Banijay singing format Star in the Star, with Banijay Italia producing and model and actress Ilary Blasi hosting.

NEWS BRIEF: Channel 4’s youth-skewing network E4 in the UK is reviving classic format Gamesmaster, which originally premiered in 1992 and ran for seven seasons.

Richard Watsham, director of commissioning Steve North, genre general manager for comedy and entertainment Adrian Wills, genre general manager for drama and lifestyle Hilary Rosen, deputy director of commissioning and head of factual and factual entertainment. Pete Thornton, head of scripted Iain Coyle, head of comedy entertainment Philippa Collie Cousins, drama commissioner Helen Nightingale, senior […]

NEWS BRIEF: HBO Max in Latin America and Arte in France and Germany have picked up Israeli police corruption drama Manayek.

Today we hear from the Ukrainian Motion Picture Association’s Anna Volkova, Forecast Pictures’ Jean Charles Levy, 1+1 Rental’s Yuriy Kalynovskyi and Radioaktivefilm’s Jane Yatsuta about the opportunities for filming in Ukraine, as part of C21's Content Ukraine On Demand.