Beta Film unveils stellar line-up for London TV Screenings, first sales for "Bookish"
Beta Film is set for this year’s London TV Screenings with a distinct slate of thrilling European series. Headed by the colorful and quirky crime drama Bookish, created by and starring Emmy Award winner Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, Doctor Who), Beta Film has already sold the series ahead of its premiere on UKTV’s specialist crime drama channel U&alibi later this year, to BBC First for Benelux and AMC Networks in Latin America and Brazil, Turkish Radio and Television TRT for Turkey, and HRT for Croatia. Negotiations in further key territories are underway.
The line-up also includes Berlinale Panorama entry Other People’s Money, the Spanish thriller Shades, Unforgettable - Memories of Revenge, the French remake of the Turkish success format Persona with International Emmy Award winner Haluk Bilginer, and the Norwegian drama A Better Man.
Blending post-war nostalgia and a thoroughly modern sensibility and tone, the six-part series Bookish is produced by Eagle Eye Drama for UKTV and PBS. It stars Mark Gatiss as the eccentric but whip-smart bookshop owner Gabriel Book, who likes nothing more than solving the knottiest of crime. The cast also includes Bridgerton star Polly Walker, Connor Finch (Everything I Know About Love), Joely Richardson (The Gentleman, The Ballad of Renegade Nell), Daniel Mays (The Long Shadow, Code 404), and Jonas Nay (Deutschland 83, Concordia), among others.
Selected for a Berlinale Panorama, Other People’s Money (8x1h) tells the story of how a criminal network of megarich investors, bankers, and lawyers stole 146 billion Euros from European taxpayers. Inspired by true events and the research by Oliver Schröm (Die Cum-Ex-Files and Die Akte Scholz) and Christian Salewski, Niels Fastrup (Det Store Skatterøveri), and Thomas G. Svaneborg, Other People’s Money is produced X Filme Creative Pool and True Content Entertainment in co-production with EPO- Film, ZDF and DR in co-production with New8. Other People’s Money celebrates its world premiere on February 20 at the iconic Zoo Palast in Berlin.
Crime thriller Shades (6x1h, Secuoya Studios/Stellarmedia for SkyShowtime), headed by Fast & Furious star Elsa Pataky (Furiosa - A Mad Max Saga), follows six troubled patients who gather for a weekend retreat at a picturesque vineyard to complete a famed psychiatrist’s unconventional treatment. When the doctor is found murdered, everyone has a motive.
In the vein of Breaking Bad and Dexter, Unforgettable - Memories of Revenge (4x1h) follows retired clerk Esther, who is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Now, she sets out to get bloody revenge on criminals who have evaded the law – before she forgets. The series is produced by Calt Studio in co-production with Besides Production and RTBF for M6 Group; the Turkish format Persona is created by Hakan Günday/Onur Saylak and produced by Ay Yapim for Puhu TV.
Directed by Thomas Seeberg Torjussen and produced by Maipo Film for NRK, A Better Man (4x1h) tells the unconventional story of Tom, a middle-aged misogynist and internet troll forced to hide in women's clothing. What begins as a desperate bid for survival evolves into an eye-opening journey as Tom discovers empathy, intimacy, and unexpected new possibilities.
The line-up also includes Berlinale Panorama entry Other People’s Money, the Spanish thriller Shades, Unforgettable - Memories of Revenge, the French remake of the Turkish success format Persona with International Emmy Award winner Haluk Bilginer, and the Norwegian drama A Better Man.
Blending post-war nostalgia and a thoroughly modern sensibility and tone, the six-part series Bookish is produced by Eagle Eye Drama for UKTV and PBS. It stars Mark Gatiss as the eccentric but whip-smart bookshop owner Gabriel Book, who likes nothing more than solving the knottiest of crime. The cast also includes Bridgerton star Polly Walker, Connor Finch (Everything I Know About Love), Joely Richardson (The Gentleman, The Ballad of Renegade Nell), Daniel Mays (The Long Shadow, Code 404), and Jonas Nay (Deutschland 83, Concordia), among others.
Selected for a Berlinale Panorama, Other People’s Money (8x1h) tells the story of how a criminal network of megarich investors, bankers, and lawyers stole 146 billion Euros from European taxpayers. Inspired by true events and the research by Oliver Schröm (Die Cum-Ex-Files and Die Akte Scholz) and Christian Salewski, Niels Fastrup (Det Store Skatterøveri), and Thomas G. Svaneborg, Other People’s Money is produced X Filme Creative Pool and True Content Entertainment in co-production with EPO- Film, ZDF and DR in co-production with New8. Other People’s Money celebrates its world premiere on February 20 at the iconic Zoo Palast in Berlin.
Crime thriller Shades (6x1h, Secuoya Studios/Stellarmedia for SkyShowtime), headed by Fast & Furious star Elsa Pataky (Furiosa - A Mad Max Saga), follows six troubled patients who gather for a weekend retreat at a picturesque vineyard to complete a famed psychiatrist’s unconventional treatment. When the doctor is found murdered, everyone has a motive.
In the vein of Breaking Bad and Dexter, Unforgettable - Memories of Revenge (4x1h) follows retired clerk Esther, who is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Now, she sets out to get bloody revenge on criminals who have evaded the law – before she forgets. The series is produced by Calt Studio in co-production with Besides Production and RTBF for M6 Group; the Turkish format Persona is created by Hakan Günday/Onur Saylak and produced by Ay Yapim for Puhu TV.
Directed by Thomas Seeberg Torjussen and produced by Maipo Film for NRK, A Better Man (4x1h) tells the unconventional story of Tom, a middle-aged misogynist and internet troll forced to hide in women's clothing. What begins as a desperate bid for survival evolves into an eye-opening journey as Tom discovers empathy, intimacy, and unexpected new possibilities.
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