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Channel 4 orders two more series of Our Farm Next Door from Wise Owl Films

The Leeds-based producer will return to the Yorkshire Dales for series 5 and 6 of More4’s highest rated show.

By Digital Gossip, 6 November 2026

STV Studios Factual rebrands as North Star under new creative director

The Glasgow producer of Antiques Road Trip and The Yorkshire Auction House changes its name weeks after Mark Hedgecoe joined.

By Digital Gossip, 28 October 2026

BBC commissions two-part JK Rowling documentary from Rogan Scotland

The series for BBC Two, BBC Scotland and iPlayer traces the author’s rise, cultural influence and contested legacy across three decades of change.

By Digital Gossip, 13 October 2026

STV Studios Factual hires Rogan’s Mark Hedgecoe as creative director

Hedgecoe, who has led Rogan Productions' Scottish hub since 2021, will succeed Craig Hunter in October.

By Digital Gossip, 14 July 2026

Channel 4 orders more Yorkshire By The Sea and Devon & Cornwall from True North

The Leeds indie will make a second series of its Yorkshire coast documentary and a sixth run of its South West series.

By Digital Gossip, 10 July 2026

Air TV to produce live coverage of Festival of Sport

By Digital Gossip, 17 June 2026

Channel 4’s Narrow Escapes heads to Scotland for third series

By Digital Gossip, 26 May 2026

Wise Owl Films appoints Ben Gordon as head of development

By Digital Gossip, 27 January 2026

ITN Productions names Leeds chief Caroline Short head of global TV in senior reshuffle

By Digital Gossip, 8 January 2026

Wise Owl Films promotes James Knight to creative director

By Digital Gossip, 6 January 2026

Holly Jolly Mouse House near Cumnock wins Scotland’s Christmas Home of the Year

By Digital Gossip, 16 December 2025

BBC documentary Our Girls: The Southport Families to air on 9 December

By Digital Gossip, 17 November 2025