All the latest news from the global content industry on Monday, 29 June

 

Most Wanted heads to France

M6 in France has ordered a local version of Talpa Studios’ high-stakes reality chase Most Wanted.

The adaptation, which will also become available on streamer M6+, follows celebrities going on the run after escaping a high-security prison.

Co-created by Talpa Studios and Signal.Stream, the format will air in France under the title Wanted: Catch Me If You Can and is being produced by M6’s in-house production unit Studio 89.

Remakes have already been ordered in the Netherlands, Germany and Hungary.

 

Every Year After expanded by Prime

Prime Video has ordered a second-season of Every Year After, the series based on Carley Fortune’s Barry’s Bay universe.

The first season was based on Fortune’s novel Every Summer After and the second will be based on her second novel, One Golden Summer.

Amy B. Harris will continue to serve as showrunner with Fortune continuing to serve as an executive producer. Michael Bradway (Chicago Fire), Sadie Soverall (Saltburn) and Matt Cornett (Summer of 69) are among cast.

 

South Shore’s Worlds Apart lands in Denmark

Denmark’s PSB DR has commissioned a local version of South Shore’s intergenerational competition format Worlds Apart - marking the format’s first international iteration.

The Danish arm of ITV Studios, which distributes the format and backs South Shore, is behind the new version, and production is currently underway.

Worlds Apart was commissioned by Channel 4 in the UK and outperformed that PSB’s slot averages for 16-24s and over 65s, with share up 38% and 18%, respectively. At the time of its broadcast in 2025, it was C4’s best entertainment launch since 2023.

The finished tape has already been sold to 42 territories. Read more

 

BBC orders Jesus series from Wonderhood

The BBC has ordered a landmark religion series about the life of Jesus Christ from Wonderhood Studios.  

The as-yet unnamed four-parter will draw on testimony recorded in the Gospel accounts, as well as historical research, archaeological discoveries and technological innovation, to understand the turbulent world Jesus inhabited and the foundations of the movement he inspired.  

It will be filmed in the Holy Land and will feature contributions from major Christian thinkers, and Jewish and Muslim faith leaders. Read more