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Prepare for a chilling look into the mind of a serial killer. “Faking It: Tears of a Crime” is back with a special episode focusing on none other than Levi Bellfield, the notorious criminal responsible for a string of heinous murders. This isn’t your average true-crime fare; this is a deep dive into the art […]

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Channel 4 Visits ‘Murder Island’

Channel 4 has commissioned Stv Studios, the producer behind BBC crime drama The Victim, to make genre-bending immersive competition format Murder Island. The six-part series blends factual entertainment and crime drama by asking members of the public to play detective in a murder mystery penned by a yet-to-be-announced major crime writer. They will have one nail-biting week to compete to find out if they’ve got what it takes to solve a murder. The series was developed by Stv Studios’ creative director for factual, Craig Hunter; director of development Lucy Hazzard; and executive producer Jonathan Smith. Executive producers are Hunter, Smith, Sara Evans, and David Clews, who also directs. Motion Content Group co-produces with Melanie Darlaston executive producing. Murder Island is funded from Channel 4’s Contestable Pot – a ring-fenced fund to find innovative, channel-defining formats.

Breaking Through The Lens Unveils 2021 Plans

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In today’s Global Bulletin, BBC Sport plans a week of content dedicated to International Women’s Day, Nent Studios U.K. closes several deals for “Manhunt II: The Night Stalker,” Discovery orders more “Faking It” in the U.K., and “Weakest Link” gets an new Australian adaptation.

International Women’S Day

BBC Sport will dedicate the week of March 8 to broadcasting content promoting International Women’s Day, March 11.

Kicking off the coverage, Serena Williams will feature in a specially recorded video reciting Rudyard Kipling’s poem “If.” Later in the day, results will be shared from the BBC Sport’s Global Prize Money Study, which examines the difference in prize money awarded between men and women’s sports.

Key interviews broadcasting during the week include British Olympic cyclist Elinor Barker MBE and New Zealand track cyclist Kirstie James; teenage swimmer Ellie Challis, who lost her limbs to Meningitis at...