ITV’s ‘Liar’ Adds Katherine Kelly, Howard Charles & Amy Nuttall For Season 2
ITV is adding to the cast of Liar. Katherine Kelly (Mr Selfridge, The Night Manager), Howard Charles (The Widow, Musketeers) and Amy Nuttall (Downton Abbey, My Fair Lady) have joined the series for its upcoming second season. Katherine Kelly has been cast as DI Karen Renton; Howard Charles as Carl Peterson and Amy Nuttall as Winnie Peterson. They join returning main cast members Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey) and Ioan Gruffudd (Forever). 
UKTV's Alibi channel has acquired the UK rights to New Zealand drama series The Bad Seed, which is based on the books by bestselling author Charlotte Grimshaw. The deal was struck with international distributor All3Media International. The five-part series will premiere on Alibi in May. 
Channel 5 is adding a new drama series to their line-up. The VIMN backed broadcaster has acquired Blood, a psychological crime thriller from Riviera scribe Sophie Petzal which is being headlined by Line Of Duty's Adrian Dunbar, in a pre-sale deal with All3Media International. Additionally, Virgin Media has licensed the SVOD rights and will make the series available as a box-set following Channel 5's linear window. 
All3Media International has secured three early pre-sales for The Bisexual. The international distributor has licensed Desiree Akhavan's Channel 4/Hulu co-production to the Canal+ Group in France, Sky in New Zealand and streaming service Stan in Australia. 
The BBC is adding a second Australian series to their line-up. Mere weeks after 
Independent distributor All3Media International is expanding their sales team with the hire of former Entertainment One (eOne) Sales Director Graham Spencer as Senior Vice-President for EMEA South. In his new role, Graham Spencer will be responsible for overseeing all international sales, of both finished programmes and formats, across EMEA South, with a particular focus on France.