Drag Race UK All Stars Set for Fall 2027 on WOW Presents Plus — SkimNews
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- WOW Presents Plus ordered the first-ever All Stars edition of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, with a global premiere set for Fall 2027 to celebrate "the artistry of the Queens who have worked the UK runway."
- The streaming deal brings all eight seasons of RuPaul's Drag Race UK and the three seasons of UK vs. The World to WOW Presents Plus alongside the new All Stars series.
- Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, founders of World of Wonder, thanked the BBC and called the move "a new chapter," framing the platform as a lifeline for queer, trans, and drag communities during "times of anxiety and regression."
- The announcement followed a Sun report that the BBC had axed the main RuPaul's Drag Race UK series amid major cuts at the British broadcaster.
- The Drag Race franchise operates as a global phenomenon with local editions in Canada, México, Belgium, France, Brazil, Australia, the Philippines and more, while MTV recently renewed the original US series for Season 19 and ordered Season 12 of All Stars.
Why it matters: Drag Race UK moves from a major public broadcaster to a niche subscription streamer, a structural shift that puts the full UK library behind WOW Presents Plus's paywall. For World of Wonder, landing its marquee international property on its own platform deepens direct-to-consumer reach ahead of the Fall 2027 launch.
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