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All3Media International has boarded documentary “The Accidental President” about Belarusian political activist – and 2020 presidential candidate – Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.

Her husband Sergei Tikhanovsky decided to run against Alexander Lukashenko the same year, only to be arrested. As a result, she entered herself into the race. Although she reportedly won the popular vote, after Lukashenko – who has been in the office since 1994 – was declared a winner once again, forcing her into exile.

In 2025, Lukashenko intends to seek reelection.

The company has joined forces with Roast Beef Productions– also behind “Who Is Ghislaine Maxwell?” and “Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer” – while Mike Lerner and Martin Herring direct.

“The Accidental President” is produced in association with All3Media International, Germany’s Ndr and Doc Society.

All3Media International is also behind “Fever Pitch: The Rise of the Premier League,” “Escape to the Chateau,” “Great British Menu” and “Four in a Bed.” Its formats include “The Traitors,...

The cable channel HGTV is constantly renovating its programming lineup, constructing new offerings while leaving others to the proverbial wrecking ball. And while some ex-hgtv shows are probably better left off the schedule — the stars of Escape to the Chateau could probably use a timeout, for example — others are sorely missed. Here are eight HGTV shows that fans on X (formerly Twitter) — including one celebrity — want back on the airwaves. Boise Boys “What is @HGTV doing? Where are the #BoiseBoys?” user @AnnHeard14 tweeted in 2019. “This is ridiculous. I guess I will binge-watch both seasons today and into the night. … I want more @boise_boys… Now Please!” Boise Boys designer Luke Caldwell and contractor Clint Robertson — whom HGTV billed as renovators with polar-opposite approaches — returned to the network with a new show, Outgrown in 2021, but that successor only lasted one season. And now the Boise Boys have become Boise Boy: Caldwell...

Dick & Angel, who are known to millions from their international hit TV show Escape To The Chateau, are launching a podcast. The weekly podcast, Dick & Angel's Chat...eau follows the day-to-day adventures of the Strawbridge family. In the TV show, their journey of finding an abandoned fairytale chateau and bringing it back to life on a shoestring budget, was followed.

Exclusive: Channel 4 has abruptly cancelled its Four Weddings reboot in a move that has had the industry speculating over the state of the network’s finances amidst declining ad revenues and an economic downturn.

Deadline understands around two-dozen people were due to start production on Four Weddings shortly but were informed earlier this week that the show had been stood down, leaving the production team blindsided. ITV Studios-backed MultiStory Media was producing the reboot and it was commissioned several weeks ago, with production due to take place over the summer. Freelancers have instead been given a compensation package for a two-week notice period, we understand.

Four Weddings aired on Sky for four seasons around a decade ago and sold to several territories around the world including TLC in the U.S. The Come Dine with Me-style show follows four brides or grooms attending each other’s weddings, as they rate them on dress,...

The hit British reality series Escape to the Chateau, which airs on HGTV and also streams on Peacock in the U.S., has been dropped amid claims of bullying against its stars, Dick and Angel Strawbridge. Escape to the Chateau follows couple Dick and Angel Strawbridge and their family as they buy and renovate a run-down French chateau while raising two young children and starting a business hosting weddings and other events. The show aired on Channel 4 in the U.K., but the network cut ties with the couple last week following an independent investigation into their conduct. In leaked audio obtained by Deadline, Angel appears to be cursing at a crew member, referring to them as a “f***** up little c***,” and accusing them of posting images on Instagram mocking her and her husband. “Who is that inspired by when you’re f****** working at the chateau?” Angel is heard saying,...

Exclusive: Channel 4 is facing fresh questions over how it dealt with bullying allegations against the stars of its hit series, Escape to the Chateau, after the emergence of a leaked recording featuring Angel Strawbridge hurling offensive language at a producer.

Deadline revealed last week that Channel 4 had cut ties with Dick and Angel Strawbridge following an independent investigation into their conduct, but sources argued that the broadcaster should have taken action against the couple sooner.

Channel 4 has a “zero tolerance” approach to bullying and harassment, but did not fully investigate evidence that came to light in 2021, which purported to show Angel calling a producer a “f*****g c**t.”

Deadline has now obtained a copy of an audio recording of Angel that appears to show that this was not an isolated incident. In the clip, published below, she can be heard describing a member of the Escape to the Chateau...

Exclusive: Channel 4 has severed ties with two of its biggest stars, Dick and Angel Strawbridge, after ordering an independent investigation into their conduct.

Deadline can reveal that the British commercial broadcaster will no longer work with the couple, despite the success of their Escape To The Chateau series and various spin-off shows.

Sources said Two Rivers Media, the company that produces the Escape To The Chateau franchise, raised concerns about the Strawbridges and said it would no longer work with the couple.

The precise nature of the allegations against the duo is not known, but Deadline has spoken to three of their former colleagues, who alleged that the Strawbridges have clashed with the producers.

“There has been a deteriorating relationship between Two Rivers and Dick and Angel’s Chateau TV for various reasons and it all came to a head,” said a source familiar with the situation.

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The Only Way is Essex indie Lime Pictures has unveiled UK entertainment vet Mirella Breda as its Chief Creative Officer, Unscripted.

Breda, Escape to the Chateau indie Two Rivers Media’s Head of Entertainment, joins in the newly-created role, which was revealed last month following the departure of Lime’s Sarah Tyekiff and decision by the All3Media-backed indie to forge popular factual division with All3Media stablemates Lion Television and Wise Owl Films. Lime produces reality hits such as The Only Way is Essex and Geordie Shore and scripted shows including Hollyoaks and Free Rein.

Breda, whose past credits include Big Brother, Stars in Their Eyes and Tenable and is a former MD of Big Brother producer Initial, will oversee the division that will forge popular factual shows for the domestic and global market. Tyekiff is departing soon to launch her own production company while Rebecca Kenny-Smith was recently promoted to Director of Programing,...

Exclusive: Channel 4-backed Two Rivers Media, a major player in the Scottish TV production game, has bought back its stake from initial backer Noble Grossart, the merchant bank. CEO Alan Clements has taken a majority share.

Noble supported Two Rivers with an undisclosed investment when the indie was launched in 2019 by former Stv Studios boss Clements and increased its number of shares when Two Rivers broke away from troubled Canadian outfit Kew Media in 2020. It ceased to be a person with significant control last week, according to Companies House documents.

Channel 4 remains the sole investor with a 17 stake in the company, which is part of its Indie Growth Fund.

A spokesperson for Two Rivers confirmed the news.

“Two Rivers Media confirms that Alan Clements has acquired Noble Grossart Investment’s interest in the company,” he said. “Alan expresses his thanks to Noble Grossart for the role their investment has...

Comcast and NBCUniversal are pushing Peacock out of the nest starting Wednesday, April 15, promising to unfurl a rich plume of 15,000-plus hours of streaming content, first for the cable giant’s own TV and internet customers.

Peacock is then slated to be available across the U.S. on July 15 — while NBCU is mulling the possibility of moving that up sooner — in various three tiers across mobile, web and connected-tv devices: paid with ads ($4.99 monthly); paid with no ads ($9.99 monthly); and completely free with ads with a truncated content lineup. With the national launch, Comcast (and Cox) subscribers also will have the option to get an ad-free version of the service for an additional $5 per month.

So what’s on the menu? Peacock will include live and on-demand content across current and past TV shows, movies, news, and late night programming, with some live sports once they resume post-pandemic. Most of...