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  • Germany’s ZDF buys BBC One and FremantleMedia’s new Neil Cross drama

    Germany’s ZDF buys BBC One and FremantleMedia’s new Neil Cross drama

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    Written by Luther creator Neil Cross, the six-part series stars Jim Sturgess (One Day, 21) and Agyness Deyn (Sunset Song) as detectives Robert Hicks and Elaine Renko who, whilst investigating what appears to be the routine death of a computer hacker in London, stumble upon proof that the world is facing certain destruction in just…

  • Filming starts on BBC One’s new drama Press

    Filming starts on BBC One’s new drama Press

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    Filming has on Mike Bartlett’s new BBC One drama series Press, which stars Charlotte Riley as Deputy News Editor of thhe fictional broadsheet The Herald, and Ben Chaplin as Editor of fictional tabloid newspaper, The Post.

  • BBC Four bags UK rights to French sci-fi drama Missions

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    BBC Four is to air the ten-part French drama series Missions, it’s first international sci-fi acquisition, after striking a deal with AB International Distribution.

  • Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson cast in BBC Two’s King Lear adaptation

    Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson cast in BBC Two’s King Lear adaptation

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    Set in the fictional present, King Lear stars Hopkins as the eponymous ruler, presiding over a totalitarian military dictatorship in England opposite Thompson as his oldest daughter Goneril

  • BBC Two announces Trigonometry, a new romantic drama

    BBC Two announces Trigonometry, a new romantic drama

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    Produced by House Productions, the eight-part Trigonometry is written by Duncan Macmillan and Effie Woods, and features a cash-strapped London couple who open their small apartment to a third person.

  • BBC confirms new Christine Keeler drama

    BBC confirms new Christine Keeler drama

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    Written by award-winning novelist and screenwriter Amanda Coe (Apple Tree Yard, Room At The Top) and produced by Ecosse Films, The Trial Of Christine Keeler takes us behind the headlines to tell a human story about the sexual and cultural politics of one of the most revealing and iconic stories of modern times.