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A Very English Scandal writer Russell T Davies’ HBO Max/Channel 4 AIDS crisis series It’s A Sin has secured a raft of international deals. Made by Red Production Company, All3Media International has sold the series to HBO Europe and HBO Latin America. Amazon Prime Video has acquired the show in Canada, while Stan and…

EXCLUSIVE: Cush Jumbo (The Good Fight), James Nesbitt (The Missing), Richard Armitage (The Stranger) and Sarah Parish (Bancroft) have been set as cast in the series adaptation of Harlan Coben's New York Times bestselling novel Stay Close at Netflix. Nicola Shindler is exec producing the project for Studiocanal-owned Re…

EXCLUSIVE: BAFTA-winning actress Sheridan Smith has been cast in her latest ITV series — an “event drama” from Red Production Company and writer Danny Brocklehurst in which a dream family holiday turns into a nightmare. Smith will play Kathy in No Return, a mother who leads her family on a vacation to Turkey, where an…

Studiocanal has moved swiftly to replace Nicola Shindler at the helm of Red Production Company, tapping former Fremantle executive Sarah Doole as the new CEO of the producer behind Netflix’s The Stranger. Doole stepped down as Fremantle’s global drama chief last month and will replace Shindler, who is leaving Red…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is working to lock down its latest Harlan Coben adaptation, in a project that will reunite the bestselling author with the production company behind The Stranger. Deadline understands that the streamer is finalizing a deal to reimagine Coben’s 2012 novel Stay Close for the screen, with British…

Joanna Lumley, the star of Absolutely Fabulous and Paddington 2, is among a number of British actors to join the cast of ITV’s black comedy Finding Alice. Made by Happy Valley producer Red Production Company, the six-part season was co-created by Line Of Duty star Keeley Hawes, who has previously been announced in the…

Rising British political star Jess Phillips is to have her book Everywoman: One Woman's Truth About Speaking the Truth turned into a TV drama by Happy Valley producer Red Production Company Company. The Labour MP, an outspoken critic of Brexit, who has recently dealt with a torrent of rape threats on Twitter…

Happy Valley and Downton Abbey star Siobhan Finneran and Ant Man and The Wasp and Ready Player One star Hannah John-Kamen have joined Netflix drama The Stranger. The pair will star alongside The Hobbit and Berlin Station star Richard Armitage in the eight-part crime drama from the team behind crime drama…

UK broadcaster Alibi, which is operated by Discovery and BBC-backed UKTV, is moving into original commissioning for the first time with a Happy Valley-meets-Silent Witness-esque crime drama. Traces is produced by Happy Valley and Safe producer Red Production Company. The drama is a six-part series written by Scott & Ba…

The Hobbit and Berlin Station star Richard Armitage is to front a crime drama for Netflix as the SVOD service reunites with the team behind crime drama Safe. Armitage, whose Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz-directed feature The Lodge is at the Sundance Film Festival, is fronting The Stranger. The eight-episode series…

Hulu has come on board Anna Friel-fronted British drama Butterfly after a deal with Fremantle. The U.S. streaming service will launch the three-part mini-series on January 18. Fronted by the Marcella star, Butterfly is penned by The Secret Agent writer Tony Marchant. It tells the story of the complex relationship…

How To Get Away With Murder star Alfred Enoch is replacing Jodie Whittaker in the second season of BBC drama Trust Me. The series, which is produced by Happy Valley producer Red Production Company, was a hit for the British public broadcaster last year with over 6M viewers. However, Whittaker's new job as the Doctor…