All posts tagged 'BBC Studios'

BBC One Eyes ‘Father Brown’ Spin-Off ‘The Sister Boniface Mysteries’

By Patrick Munn | April 19, 2021 - 10:57 am | No Comments

EXCLUSIVE: Sister Boniface will be making a return to BBC One after all. Sources tell TVWise that BBC One is finalising a deal to acquire the UK rights to Father Brown spin-off series The Sister Boniface Mysteries for their daytime schedule. Production on both Father Brown season 9 and The Sister Boniface Mysteries was impacted by the COVID pandemic, but I'm hearing both are now on track to premiere either later this year or in early 2022.

First Look: BBC One’s Jimmy McGovern Prison Drama ‘Time’

By Patrick Munn | December 10, 2020 - 4:16 pm | No Comments

BBC One has released a first look image for their upcoming Jimmy McGovern prison drama Time.

Jason Wong Joins BBC One’s ‘Silent Witness’ For Season 24

By Patrick Munn | November 23, 2020 - 11:39 am | No Comments

BBC One is adding to the cast of Silent Witness. Jason Wong (The Gentleman, Chimerica) has joined the cast of the long-running crime drama for its twenty-fourth season. He will play Adam Yuen, a confident, bright and keen pathologist who’s constantly striving to be the best. The cast addition comes after two main cast members, Liz Carr and Richard Lintern, exited the series at the end of season twenty-three.

BBC Two Orders ‘Two Doors Down’ Christmas Special

By Patrick Munn | October 22, 2020 - 8:06 pm | No Comments

Two Doors Down is joining the BBC's Christmas schedule. In addition to the previously commissioned fifth season, BBC Two has ordered a Christmas special to air later this year.

Alibi Renews ‘We Hunt Together’ For Second Season

By Patrick Munn | September 28, 2020 - 10:02 pm | No Comments

UKTV's Alibi channel has renewed their original drama series We Hunt Together for a second season. Six episodes have been ordered for season two, which is set to premiere in 2021. The renewal comes after the show's first season premiered to an audience of 731k viewers and on the heels of BBC Studios lining up a major licensing deal for the series with Showtime in the United States.

BBC One Orders Jimmy McGovern Prison Drama ‘Time’, Sean Bean & Stephen Graham To Star

By Patrick Munn | September 14, 2020 - 8:51 am | No Comments

BBC One has ordered Time, a three-part prison drama from Broken and Common scribe Jimmy McGovern. Sean Bean (Game Of Thrones, Broken) and Stephen Graham (Boardwalk Empire, Line Of Duty) are attached to star.

UKTV’s Alibi Channel Orders ‘The Diplomat’ From ‘Line Of Duty’ Indie World Productions

By Patrick Munn | July 8, 2020 - 12:01 am | No Comments

UKTV's Alibi channel has ordered The Diplomat, a six episode drama series set in the British Consulate in Barcelona that hails from COBRA creator Ben Richards and Line Of Duty and Bodyguard indie World Productions. It is eyed for a 2021 premiere.

UKTV Original ‘We Hunt Together’ Sells To Showtime

By Patrick Munn | June 25, 2020 - 10:20 am | No Comments

UKTV original series We Hunt Together is heading to the USA. International distributor BBC Studios has sold the Babou Ceesay and Eve Myles fronted crime drama to premium cable network Showtime.