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EXCLUSIVE: The story of how the BBC obtained the bombshell interview with Prince Andrew about his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is to become a film called Scoop, and Hugh Grant is one of the unconfirmed names on wish list to portray the disgraced royal, Deadline has learned. Acclaimed Your Hono…

In December, Showtime debuted Your Honor, a harrowing crime drama starring Bryan Cranston in a role that brought the actor his eighth Golden Globe nomination. The 10-part series, executive produced by The Good Fight's Robert and Michelle King and The Night Of's Peter Moffat, centers on Michael Desiato (Cranston), a…

Like American counterpart David E. Kelley, writer-producer Peter Moffat came to his prodigious television career by way of the law. He started out as a barrister in his native England and learned a lot on the job, taking those lessons as inspiration for several top-flight projects revolving around lawyers including…

SPOILERS AHEAD! Don’t read further if you haven’t watched the finale of the Showtime series Your Honor, which wraps its 10-episode limited series run tonight. What follows is a recap of the final episode of the drama that got Bryan Cranston nominated for a Golden Globe, followed by an interview with British writer Pete…

Emmy-winning actor Courtney B. Vance (The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story) is set to star in AMC’s 61st Street from BAFTA-winner Peter Moffat (Criminal Justice, The Night Of, Your Honor). The courtroom drama will be executive produced by Michael B. Jordan and Alana Mayo of Outlier Society while AMC…

AMC has opened a writers room for 61st Street, a potential drama series from BAFTA-winner Peter Moffat (Criminal Justice, The Night Of,), Michael B. Jordan's Outlier Society and AMC Studios. The project is being developed as part of AMC's "scripts-to-series" model, which opens writers' rooms to produce multiple backup…

Amazon has set a U.S premiere date and unveiled a trailer for The Last Post, a six-episode drama series from The Night Of executive producer Peter Moffat. The Last Post, which airs on BBC One in the UK, will premiere Friday, December 22 on Prime Video in the U.S. Starring Jessica Raine, Jessie Buckley, Jeremy Neumark…

CBS TV Studios’ high-profile legal thriller drama Your Honor has landed at sibling premium cable network Showtime with a series commitment. The Scripted World-produced project, based on the hot Israeli drama format Your Honor (Kvodo), has been shepherded by the creators of two acclaimed legal drama series: Peter Moffat…

CBS TV Studios is developing a drama series based on the hot Israeli drama format Your Honor (KVODO). The U.S. adaptation, eyed for premium cable and streaming networks, will be shepherded by the creators of two acclaimed legal drama series, Peter Moffat, whose BAFTA-winning Criminal Justice was the basis for HBO’s…

Richard Price and Steve Zaillian’s eight-hour HBO limited series The Night Of, based on a four-part UK series Criminal Justice, is “chess, not speed chess,” Price said today at TCA. Price called the project the “antithesis of Law & Order… put-in-the-microwave-hit-60-seconds-and-serve.” The Night Of  focuses on a…

BBC America’s six-part original co-production, Undercover features lead character Maya, played by Sophie Okonedo, who is about to become the first black woman to hold the highest-ranking public prosecutor role in England. Then she discovers her husband (Adrian Lester), the father of her children, has been concealing a…