Netflix has struck a deal for the exclusive UK and Ireland rights to Better Call Saul. The agreement, made with Sony Pictures Television, makes the service the UK home for the upcoming Breaking Bad spin-off.
Created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould, Better Call Saul is a prequel to Breaking Bad, built around Saul Goodman, the fast-talking lawyer played by Bob Odenkirk. The series rewinds the clock to chart his earlier life as small-time attorney Jimmy McGill, before he reinvented himself as the morally flexible Saul.
The show is being made for the US network AMC, where Breaking Bad aired. Under the deal, Netflix will carry it in the UK and Ireland, with episodes expected to arrive shortly after their American broadcast.