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The producers behind “RuPaul’s Drag Race” are ready to pay tribute to late U.K. Series 1 winner The Vivienne two months after her tragic death at age 32.

World of Wonder has entered production on a documentary entitled “Dear Viv,” which will celebrate the life and legacy of performer James Lee Williams with the blessing of his family and friends.

“We want to celebrate The Vivienne’s extraordinary life and work so everyone can experience her incredible talent, sass and enormous heart,” WoW co-founders and executive producers Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey said in a Wednesday statement. “Although her stay here on Earth was far too brief, it is with tremendous admiration and affection that we share her legacy in ‘Dear Viv.’”

The doc will feature archival footage, personal messages from fans, and interviews with loved ones and fellow “Drag Race” icons Baga Chipz, Michael Marouli and Danny Beard.

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Channel 4 has greenlit new seasons of both Hunted and Celebrity Hunted, the popular reality shows where people try to evade expert trackers. The shows, known for their suspenseful format, are produced by Shine TV. Here’s the Lowdown: Series eight of Hunted will film this year. Celebrity Hunted’s sixth series recently finished. Both shows feature […]

Hunted & Celebrity Hunted Score Two More Seasons on Channel 4!

On Sunday 23 February 2025, Channel 4 broadcasts Celebrity Hunted!

Season 6 Episode 8 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Celebrity Hunted” promises to be an exciting one as it approaches the final stretch. Titled “48 Hours Until Extraction,” this episode will air on Channel 4 and is set in the bustling streets of central London. The tension is high as the clock ticks down, and the hunters are determined to catch the remaining celebrities before they can escape.

In this episode, Hunter HQ is ramping up its efforts. The team is using all available resources to track down the celebs who are still on the run. With only two days left until extraction, the pressure is on for both the hunters and the hunted. The stakes are higher than ever, and it will be interesting to see how the celebrities navigate the city to avoid capture.

Viewers can expect plenty of suspense and unexpected twists...

The excitement builds as “Celebrity Hunted” returns for Season 6, Episode 8. This episode, airing at 10:00 Pm on Sunday, February 23, 2025, promises to be a nail-biter. With just 48 hours left until extraction, the tension is palpable as the remaining celebrities try to evade capture in the bustling streets of central London.

Hunter HQ is ramping up its efforts to track down the last few celebs. The hunters are more determined than ever, using every tool at their disposal to close in on their targets. Viewers can expect high-stakes drama as the celebs employ clever tactics and strategies to stay one step ahead. The thrill of the chase will keep everyone on the edge of their seats.

As the clock ticks down, the question looms: will any of the celebrities manage to slip through the hunters’ grasp and reach extraction? This episode is set to deliver all the suspense and excitement that fans...

On Sunday 16 February 2025, Channel 4 broadcasts Celebrity Hunted!

Season 6 Episode 7 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Celebrity Hunted” on Channel 4 promises to deliver high tension and unexpected twists. Set in a house in south London, one celebrity finds themselves isolated and surrounded by determined hunters. The atmosphere is thick with suspense as the hunters close in, raising the stakes for everyone involved.

In this episode, one of the fugitives is described as being on a warpath, seeking revenge against the hunters. This intense pursuit could lead to a dramatic showdown, leaving viewers wondering if this will be the celebrity’s downfall. The blend of strategy and emotion adds depth to the chase, making it clear that not everyone will make it out unscathed.

As the episode unfolds, the dynamics between the hunters and the hunted will be crucial. The celebrity’s fate hangs in the balance, and the choices made could change everything.

Channel 4’s “Celebrity Hunted” continues its high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse this Sunday, with eight celebrities still desperately trying to avoid capture. The tension is thicker than a London fog as the hunters close in. One celebrity finds themselves surrounded in a south London house, a scenario straight out of a low-budget thriller. Escape seems improbable. […]

Celebrity Hunted: Near Captures, Revenge Plots, and Costly Mistakes...

On Sunday 9 February 2025, Channel 4 broadcasts Celebrity Hunted!

Season 6 Episode 6 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Celebrity Hunted” promises to be filled with excitement and unexpected twists. Airing soon on Channel 4, this episode will showcase the challenges faced by the celebrities as they try to evade capture.

After an intense chase that ends with a dramatic capture on the south coast, the game takes a surprising turn. One celebrity decides to go shopping, raising questions about their strategy. Meanwhile, another celebrity finds themselves in the spotlight, appearing live on television. This unexpected move could either help or hinder their chances of staying hidden.

As the episode unfolds, two of the fugitives make a crucial decision to part ways. One of them opts for a camping adventure, which could provide a temporary escape but also brings its own set of challenges. Viewers will see how these choices impact their chances of evading the hunters.

On Sunday 2 February 2025, Channel 4 broadcasts Celebrity Hunted!

Season 6 Episode 5 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Celebrity Hunted” promises to be thrilling as the celebs continue their escape from the hunters. After a close call in Kent, two of the celebrities decide to head north in search of safety. This change of scenery might bring new challenges and surprises as they try to stay hidden.

Meanwhile, another pair of fugitives, who have opted for an off-grid lifestyle, are starting to feel the strain of their situation. Being bagless and cut off from the outside world can take a toll, and it seems they are going a bit stir crazy. Their struggle to maintain their sanity while evading capture will add an interesting dynamic to the episode.

In a twist, one of the celebs seeks out a psychic for guidance. This visit could provide some unexpected insights or perhaps lead to more confusion.

The chase continues on “Celebrity Hunted,” as the remaining fugitives resort to increasingly desperate measures to avoid the ever-watchful eyes of the hunters. From daring public appearances to seeking otherworldly guidance, the celebrities prove they’re willing to do whatever it takes to stay one step ahead. After a near-capture in Kent, two celebrities make a […]

Celebrity Hunted: Risky Moves and Psychic Help...

On Sunday 12 January 2025, Channel 4 broadcasts Celebrity Hunted!

Season 6 Episode 2 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Celebrity Hunted” promises to bring excitement and suspense as the fugitive celebrities continue their escape. After three days on the run, they are now scattered across the country, making it harder for the hunters to track them down. The stakes are high, and the tension is palpable as the new lead hunter, ex-cop Ray Howard, takes charge of the operation.

Ray Howard faces a tough challenge as he tries to coordinate the team of hunters. With the fugitives spread wide and far, every move counts. The pressure is on him to make the first capture, and he is determined to use all his skills and experience to succeed. The episode will showcase his methods and strategies as he navigates the complex world of celebrity hideouts.

One intriguing lead suggests that the hunters may find...

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The world of drag has paid tribute to RuPaul's Drag Race UK star The Vivienne after they passed away at the age of 32. The performer, real name James Lee Williams, passed away in their Chester home and was found on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025.

James Lee Williams, born in North Wales, derived his drag name from his love of fashion designer Vivienne Westwood. Already popular in the British drag scene, they rose to fame after winning the first U.K. season of RuPaul's Drag Race in 2019.

Since winning the show, they have competed on Dancing on Ice and have appeared on stage in The Wizard of Oz and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Vivienne also returned for Drag Race All Stars 7 in 2022.

A spokesperson for Cheshire police announced that officers had been called to their home after reports of a sudden death. Police attended,...

“RuPaul’s Drag Race UK” Series 1 winner The Vivienne has died at the age of 32, according to her friend and manager.

“It is with immense sadness that we let you know our beloved James Lee Williams — The Vivienne, has passed this weekend,” publicist Simon Jones wrote on Instagram on Sunday. “James was an incredibly loved, warm-hearted and amazing person.”

“Their family are heartbroken at the loss of their son, brother and uncle. They are so proud of the wonderful things James achieved in their life and career,” he continued. “We will not be releasing any further details. We please ask that James’ family are given the time and privacy they now need to process and grieve.”

In addition to winning the first-ever season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race UK,” The Vivienne was known stateside for taking part in “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” Season 7, which featured All Winners.

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On Sunday 5 January 2025, Channel 4 broadcasts Celebrity Hunted!

Season 6 Episode 1 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Celebrity Hunted” promises to deliver excitement and suspense as twelve celebrities embark on a thrilling chase across the UK. This new episode will air on Channel 4 and is sure to capture the attention of fans and new viewers alike.

The adventure kicks off in Norfolk, where the celebrity fugitives make a daring escape from a train. This unique starting point sets the stage for an intense pursuit, as an elite team of hunters begins their mission to track down the celebrities. The combination of celebrity personalities and strategic gameplay adds an engaging twist to the traditional chase format.

As the episode unfolds, viewers can expect to see a mix of clever tactics and unexpected challenges. The celebrities will have to rely on their wits and teamwork to stay one step ahead of the hunters.

The chase is on again. Celebrity Hunted returns to Channel 4, unleashing a new batch of famous faces onto the streets, tasked with evading a team of highly skilled hunters. It’s a reality TV formula that works: high stakes, familiar faces, and the vicarious thrill of watching celebrities try (and often fail) to blend in […]

Celebrity Hunted: Season 6 Premieres on Channel 4, Sunday, 5 January...

Prime Video Italy is taking a leap “not only at national level but at international level” with its originals strategy, its scripted boss has said.

Davide Nardini was bullish with his confidence in upcoming shows including Costiera from Adam Bernstein and Citadel: Diana, as he addressed attendees on the first day of the AVPSummit in south Italy.

The likes of Costiera, he said, “create a competitive framework for us not only at national level but at international level,” describing its potential to be a “big series devised for international audiences travelling abroad.”

“We asked Adam Bernstein to work on a quintessentially Italian project trying to be strong in the international market,” said Nardini. “This is the type of partnership we would like to build.”

Starring Greys Anatomy’s Jesse Williams, the show from Fargo helmer Bernstein is an Italian action-drama series filmed in English. Williams plays Daniel De Luca, a half-Italian former U.

Box To Box Films has expanded its senior team, tapping Shine TV producer Tom Hutchings in an executive producer role.

Hutchings joins co-founders James Gay-Rees and Paul Martin, kicking off with what Box to Box describes as one of its “most successful properties.”

Previously at Shine TV for eight years, Hutchings marks the first major hire since Bruin Capital’s investment in Box To Box. His industry journey began at BBC Drama, and he has produced acclaimed unscripted content globally. His credits include Channel 4’s “Hunted” and “Celebrity Hunted,” Disney+’s “Finding Michael,” BBC’s Comic Relief docs and “Bear Grylls Meets President Zelenskyy.” He also contributed to “Gogglebox” at Studio Lambert and “Goldrush” at Raw.

Based in London, Paris and Los Angeles, Box To Box Films is renowned for sports documentaries like Netflix’s “Formula 1: Drive to Survive,” “Full Swing,” “Six Nations: Full Contact,” “Tour de France: Unchained” and the upcoming “Sprint.

AI is at the center of a new Italian primetime comedy show. Italy’s Rai has ordered Fake Show — Diffidate delle Imitazioni, a celebrity improv series in which famous faces respond to a comedic AI machine “generating unpredictable situations, rules and games.”

Endemol Shine Italy, part of Banijay Italy, is producing Fake Show, which will air in primetime this fall. Hosted by actor, comedian and author Max Giusti, the format will “put AI in the spotlight and celebrates the highest form of flattery, imitation,” according to its producers.

In each episode, celebrities will showcase improv skills by impersonating characters, dialects, objects, sounds and showbiz counterparts.

James Townley, Chief Content Officer, Development at Banijay said: “We are seeing continued demand for light-hearted formats that put a smile on viewers’ face, and Fake Show guarantees just this. With AI at its heart, this ground-breaking format is versatile, scalable, connects audiences and we...

Nicole Morganti, Amazon Studios head of Italian originals, is being promoted by the streamer to the newly expanded role of head of local originals for Southern Europe encompassing Italy, France and Spain.

Morganti, who has over 20 years of experience in the Italian entertainment industry, joined Amazon Studios as head of unscripted originals for Italy in February 2019 from her previously held position of Discovery Italy’s VP of talent and productions. She was promoted in April 2020 to the role of head of Amazon originals — scripted and unscripted — for Italy.

Since joining Amazon, Morganti has led the streamer’s multi-pronged approach in Italy combining scripted, unscripted and sports content. She has launched a mix of bold scripted shows such as hit dark Mafia comedy “The Bad Guy” and young adult coming-of-age drama “Prisma,” which is about twin brothers who go against gender norms in different ways. She has also worked on the docu-reality series “The Ferragnez,...

Amazon Prime Video has unveiled seven new shows from the likes of Jean Dujardin, Nicolas Bedos, Franck Gastambide and Maïmouna Doucouré, while recommissioning Celebrity Hunted and Lol: Qui Rit, Sort!. in the region.

The new shows include Academy Award-winning The Artist star Dujardin’s Alphonse, based on an original idea by Dujardin and Bedos and produced by Alain Goldman, who recently signed a deal with Banijay.

The show was positioned by Amazon as a “surprising and funny take on comedy.”

Gastambide’s feature Medellín follows Pablito, a young YouTuber fascinated by Pablo Escobar, who makes his dream come true by flying to the Colombian city to walk in the notorious drug lord’s footsteps. A few days later, a video is posted on social media, showing that Pablito has been kidnapped by a group of dangerous Narcos.

Meanwhile, Federation Entertainment and Yvette Production’s comedy Clasico will be out later...

Amazon Prime Video has ordered its next French series original, “Darknet-sur-Mer,” (“On the Darknet”) a crime comedy series produced by Noor Sadar’s White Lion Films, a Mediawan Group company.

The six-episode series, directed by Remy Four and Julien War (“On The Other Side of the Tracks”), has just started filming in the Charente Maritime region of Southwest France. “Darknet-sur-Mer” is the first scripted program to be supported by the Selective Platforms Fund recently launched by the National Film Board for content backed by streamers.

“On the Darknet” revolves around a mysterious website named Vrasesin which offers services from contract killers and turns out to be a scam created by Ben and Flo, two amateur hackers who live in a quiet fishing resort at Ponet-sur-Mer. But Ben and Flo’s enterprise soon get them in trouble with Alkan, an Albanian criminal who is searching for a contract killer to assassinate the chief of a gang.

Amazon Studios has greenlit a German comedy series titled “The Bedfellow” (“Der Beischläfer”) starring comedian Markus Stoll, who is popular locally for playing a funny guy named “Harry G” who satirizes life in his native Bavaria.

Shooting has started in Munich on the six-part series, which is directed by Anna-Katharina Maier (“Die Klempnerin”) and produced by Thomas Peter Friedl’s The Amazing Film Company (“Cold Hell”).

In the show, an easygoing mechanic named Charlie Manzinger, played by Stoll, is selected for jury duty by the Munich district court. He comes to realize that the position offers “certain advantages,” such as his interaction with the female judge, played by Lisa Bitter (“Tatort”), according to an Amazon synopsis.

The show is slated to play on Amazon Prime Video in spring 2020 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Amazon is pursuing production of local content as part of its overseas strategy. Earlier this month, the...

Royal documentary Harry & Meghan: An African Journey, which featured the former Suits star opening up about her anxiety over the British tabloid press and motherhood, failed to deliver in the ratings on Sunday.

The documentary, which aired on ITV at 9 Pm, could only muster 2.8M viewers in the hour slot, being comfortably beaten by BBC One drama World on Fire, which averaged 4.3M for its fourth episode.

Given the publicity around the ITN Productions doc, which was hosted by Tom Bradby, it was thought that it would be a massive ratings performer for the British commercial broadcaster. However, it’s also the half-term holidays in the UK, a time at which a lot of British families go away on holiday.

To put it into context, its lead-in, an episode of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? scored 3.7M viewers in the 8 Pm slot, while Strictly Come Dancing averaged 9.3M viewers at 7 Pm on BBC One.

Amazon has ordered its first unscripted Italian Original TV series, “Celebrity Hunted – Caccia all’uomo,” from EndemolShine Italy.

The series will launch on Amazon Prime Video in more than 200 countries and territories next year. The format is a real-life thriller spanning six episodes where eight local celebrities are being hunted by professional investigators, cyber analysts, online profilers and human trackers from law enforcement and military intelligence. The celebrities have to stay off the radar and remain at large for 14 days across Italy with limited financial resources.

The show’s first season brings together football player Francesco Totti, artist Fedez, YouTuber Luis Sal, actor Claudio Santamaria alongside the journalist and writer Francesca Barra, popular anchorman Costantino della Gherardesca (“Pechino Express”), actors Diana Del Bufalo (“Che Dio ci aiuti”) and Cristiano Caccamo (“Matrimonio italiano”).

“With ‘Celebrity Hunted – Caccia all’uomo’ we are bringing a truly innovative concept to viewers,” said

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Amazon Prime Video is furthering its content push into Southern Europe with its first unscripted show in Italy: Celebrity Hunted – Caccia all’uomo.

Celebrity Hunted was first launched in the U.K. on Channel 4 by Endemol Shine Group’s Shine TV. The Amazon announcement marks the eighth international adaptation for the popular series. EndemolShine Italy is producing the new version, which will launch on Amazon Prime Video in more than 200 countries and territories in 2020.

The unscripted format is described as a real-life thriller where expert hunters chase after stars over a series of six episodes....

Amazon is making an Italian version of British entertainment format Celebrity Hunted – its first non-scripted original in Italy.

The Svod service has ordered Celebrity Hunted – Caccia all’uomo from Endemol Shine Italy with the six-part series set to launch around the world in 2020.

The series, which follows celebrities on the run from a team of expert hunters, will feature Italian soccer star Francesco Totti, artist Fedez, YouTuber Luis Sal, actor Claudio Santamaria, journalist and writer Francesca Barra, anchorman Costantino della Gherardesca and actors Diana Del Bufalo and Cristiano Caccamo.

The celebrities must attempt to stay off the radar and remain at large for 14 days across Italy with limited financial resources. Hunting them down are some of the most renowned and feared Italian professional investigators, cyber analysts, online profilers and human trackers from law enforcement and military intelligence. The Hunters can use any legal means to trace the celebrities including call tracing,...