Prime Video Acquires BBC’s David Attenborough Docuseries ‘Wild Isles’ for Earth Day

Climate activists have turned out in their thousands in London to mark Earth Day in a nonviolent, direct action. Over the course of the weekend, several climate groups have linked up to stage demonstrations.

On Saturday, Manchester’s bustling Northern Quarter is set to be busier than usual as music lovers flock to the city’s ‘vinyl valley’ in search of exclusive releases and limited editions as part of Record Store Day 2023.

While the nation is celebrating King Charles' Coronation, there will be another big bash happening several thousand miles away. Meghan Markle is set to skip the Coronation and will remain in California, where she and Prince Harry are based, with the couple's two young children, Prince Archie, three, and Princess Lilibet, one.The historic event falls on Meghan and Harry's son Archie's fourth birthday, and this is believed to have been a factor in Meghan's choice not to attend.

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TheWrap about her work on the “Yellowstone” spinoff.“I had to be in the bed with him, you know. I’m dressed up to here,” she said, pointing to her neck during the outlet’s Q&A session about the show. “But I’m lying there and I’m thinking, ‘I’m in bed with Harrison Ford.’ I was so excited, I can’t tell you.

EXCLUSIVE: Daredevil: Born Again actress Sandrine Holt has joined David Cronenberg’s next movie, The Shrouds opposite Guy Pearce, Vincent Cassel and Diane Kruger.

Citadel doesn’t premiere on Amazon Prime Video until April 28, but the spy thriller starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Richard Madden is set for a second season, and it’s coming to California.

EXCLUSIVE: Long-serving Amazon exec Martin Backlund has become MD for Prime Video Nordics, we’ve learned.

US president Joe Biden has landed in Belfast as part of a historic four-day trip to the island of Ireland.

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BreAnna Bell Warner Bros. TV has acquired the book rights to Jesse Q. Sutanto’s novel, “Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers,” the studio announced on Monday. Mindy Kaling’s Kaling International, which is currently under an overall deal with WBTV, is attached to produce alongside Harpo Films. The novel follows Vera Wong, a lonely widow living in San Francisco’s Chinatown who wakes up one morning to find a dead body on the floor of her struggling tea shop. “No one is more curious than a suspicious Chinese mother with time on her hands, so Vera decides to start her own investigation,” reads the description. The book was published by Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House, and HQ, a division of HarperCollins UK.

Sir David Attenborough unearths the skull of a ferocious Jurassic predator in a new BBC film. With a working title of Attenborough And The Giant Sea Monster, the hour-long programme will see the 96-year-old broadcaster and naturalist explore the history of prehistoric marine reptile the pliosaur.

Scotland looks set to be the next part of the UK to ban wet wipes containing plastic. The Scottish Government has vowed to work with colleagues in Westminster, where they are to be outlawed for England.

Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International Prime Video has bought the rights to BBC natural history series “Wild Isles,” narrated by David Attenborough in what many believe could be the 95-year-old’s final presenting gig. The streamer secured the deal with distributor Banijay Rights. All episodes will land on Prime Video outside the U.K. on April 21. (The Silverback Films-produced show has been airing on the BBC and is available on the broadcaster’s streaming service, iPlayer.) The Prime Video premiere, which will reach more than 240 countries and territories, is timed to Earth Day on April 22. The five-part natural history series centers on the diverse animal inhabitants of the British Isles, revealing behaviors never before seen on screen. The show features aerial photography, motion controlled time-lapse photography, low-light cameras and macro photography. It was captured over three years in 4K resolution.

Wild Isles, the latest BBC nature documentary series narrated by Sir David Attenborough, has been picked up by Amazon.

Sir David Attenborough has issued an urgent warning that humans only have a "few short years" to fix the natural world.

The Duke of Sussex was not present at the High Court for the start of the third day of a hearing over multiple privacy claims against the Daily Mail’s publisher. Proceedings in Court 76 at the Royal Court of Justice in London resumed on Wednesday morning without Harry.The Duke, who unexpectedly appeared at court earlier this week, is one of seven people bringing claims against Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) over denied allegations it carried out or commissioned illegal or unlawful information gathering.Those bringing claims include Baroness Doreen Lawrence of Clarendon, Sir Elton John and his husband David Furnish and actress Sadie Frost – all of whom have made appearances during the ongoing preliminary hearing.

K.J. Yossman Streaming platforms including Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video will be subject to more regulation in the U.K. following the release of the Government’s new draft Media Bill. New rules are set to be introduced bringing the platforms under the purview of the U.K.’s media regulator Ofcom, which currently oversees both public and private broadcasters. The new Ofcom “content code” is designed to “protect audiences from a wider range of harmful material – such as misleading health claims” according to a press release issued by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (CMS) shortly before the latest draft of the bill was shared. The changes come as viewing habits and technology rapidly change the needs and practices of the screen industries. According to Ofcom, since 2011 linear viewing has dropped by 68% in the 16-24 demographic.

The UK government has published its long-awaited draft Media Bill to bring the U.S. streamers under its regulatory framework and help public broadcasters “embrace the digital age.”

Speaking out against the royal family once more. Prince Harry accused The Firm of withholding information during this lawsuit against a British publishing company.