A man working on the hit show Emily in Paris has died during filming in Venice for the fifth season, BBC reported.

La Repubblica named the man as 47-year-old Diego Borella, who was an assistant director on the show.

Medics were called to Hotel Danieli in the city at around 19:00 local time (18:00 BST) on Thursday, but were unable to save him, the newspaper said.

"We are deeply saddened to confirm the sudden passing of a member of the 'Emily in Paris' production family," a spokesperson from Paramount Television Studios, who produce the show for Netflix, told BBC News.