Hat Trick Productions Options Simon Sebag Montefiore’s ‘One Night In Winter’ For TV Adaptation
Hat Trick Productions has optioned the rights to historian and novelist Simon Sebag Montefiore’s Russian thriller One Night In Winter, with plans to develop it into a TV series. One Night In Winter is set just after the Second World War. As Stalin and his courtiers celebrate victory over Hitler, shots ring out. On a nearby bridge, a teenage boy and girl lie dead. But this is no ordinary tragedy and these are no ordinary teenagers, but the children of Russia’s most important leaders who attend the most exclusive school in Moscow. Is it murder? A suicide pact? Or a conspiracy against the state? 
BBC One has handed out series orders to two quiz shows: Catchpoint, hosted by Paddy McGuinness; and The Time It Takes, hosted by Joe Lycett. Both series were commissioned for the Saturday teatime slot. Catchpoint has received an order for six episodes, while The Time It Takes has received and order for 8 episodes.