Holliday Grainger Set As Female Lead In BBC One’s ‘The Cormoran Strike Mysteries’
BBC One has found their Robin. Holliday Grainger has been set as the female lead in The Cormoran Strike Mysteries, which is based on the Strike series of novels by J.K. Rowling (writing under the pen name Robert Galbraith). Grainger, whose previous TV credits include Showtime's The Borgias and A+E Networks' Bonnie & Clyde miniseries, will play Robin Ellacott, who serves as part assistant/part-partner to war veteran turned private investigator Cormoran Strike. 
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The BBC has found their Cormoran Strike.
After a lengthy casting process, Tom Burke (The Musketeers, War & Peace) has been cast as the titular character in BBC One's The Cormoran Strike Mysteries, an adaptation of the Strike novels by JK Rowling (published under the pen name Robert Galbraith). 
At an event hosted by BBC Director-General Tony Hall and BBC One Controller Charlotte Moore last night, the BBC unveiled a raft of new commissions for their flagship channel including a three-part adaptation of the Mark Billingham novel Rush Of Blood, a live Mrs Brown's Boys special, "visceral" multi-part drama series Troy - Fall Of A City, a one-off To Sir With Love adaptation, and a new Peter Moffat series titled The Last Post. 
BBC One has commissioned an adaptation Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling's Cormoran Strike novel series (written under the nom de plume Robert Galbraith), which is envisioned by the BBC's flagship channel as "a major new television series".