German broadcaster RTL2 has ordered a local production of Wheels of Glory, a celebrity roller-skating competition format created by MGM Television’s UK Unscripted Group, it was announced today.

Production is underway on Netflix’s new Italian series Supersex (7x60’), produced by Fremantle-owned The Apartment and Groenlandia, part of the Banijay Group of production companies.

Former ITV commissioning editor Asif Zubairy has been named non-executive director of Pendragon Works, a new company aimed at developing the written word for film, TV and new media.

Sky original kids' show The Brilliant World of Tom Gates (40x11’) and the related Christmas special have been picked up by broadcasters and platforms worldwide, after deals with Toronto-based Wildbrain.

Australian drama Vanishing Act, about the disappearance of businesswoman Melissa Caddick, has found buyers in the US, the UK, Ireland, Scandinavia and New Zealand, distributor DCD Rights has confirmed.

BBC iPlayer is lining up a series of seven documentaries from award-winning filmmaker Adam Curtis about the collapse of communism in Russia towards the end of the 20th century.

Broadcasters and streamers in Europe, the US, Australia and Latin America have picked up award-winning German cop drama Unbroken (6x45’), which stars Aylin Tezel (Breaking Horizons).

France’s Canal+ Group has increased its stake in African pay TV company MultiChoice Group to more than 26%, having almost doubled its interest in the company over the past year.

Global streamer Paramount+ arrives in Italy today, with local originals starring the likes of Roberto Benigni, Elodie, Greta Scarano and Carlo Verdone.

Broadcasters and streamers in North America, Europe and Australia have picked up award-winning Icelandic period drama Blackport, which debuted in the Nordic country last December.