NEWS BRIEF: US public broadcaster PBS has secured funding from investment and philanthropy platform Builders Vision and the Walton Family Foundation for a second season of culinary environmental series Hope in the Water.

The three-part season has begun production with Andrew Zimmern and his production company Intuitive Content. It will see the chef joined by fellow environmental enthusiasts Shailene Woodley and Kristen Kish to explore the future of our oceans and our food, in partnership with non-profit Fed by Blue and executive advisor David E Kelley.