In what is a major casting coup, 24 and The Unit star Dennis Haysbert has been tapped for a starring role in Undercover, BBC One's six part drama series from Silk scribe Peter Moffatt which tells the story of the first black Director of Public Prosecutions. 
Despite the change in ownership, co-producing UK dramas remains at the core of BBC America's drama strategy. The network has signed on to co-produce Peter Moffatt's BBC One drama Undercover, starring Sophie Okonedo and Adrian Lester; and BBC Three's just cast five-part drama Thirteen, which hails from up and coming writer Marnie Dickens. 
BBC One has found the two leads for their new drama series Undercover. Mayday and The Escape Artist star Sophie Okonedo and Red Band Society's Adrian Lester have been set as the two leads in the six episode series, which hails from Silk scribe Peter Moffat, Penny Dreadful helmer James Hawes and BBC Drama Production England.