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EXCLUSIVE: PBS is joining the BBC for a second season of the Helen Hunt-fronted war drama World on Fire and has set a premiere date for the first season. The U.S. public broadcaster will air the first season on Sunday April 5 2020 on its Masterpiece strand but has already signed up to co-produce the second season of…

EXCLUSIVE: ITV is in advanced development on a sweeping adaptation of Lindsey Davis’ Falco Roman private detective novels after the project was originally in with the BBC. Deadline can reveal that Mammoth Screen will make the series, and the World On Fire and War Of The Worlds producer is in negotiations with ITV over…

China's Huanxi Premium has acquired BBC drama World On Fire as ITV Studios Global Entertainment unveils a raft of sales at Mipcom. The Chinese platform is one of a number of sales for the Helen Hunt-fronted drama, which will air on PBS Masterpiece in the U.S. The Mammoth Screen drama has also been picked up by RTL in…

"Every war is different until it's the same…" The BBC and PBS have unveiled the first trailer (below) for period war drama World on Fire. Helen Hunt and Sean Bean star in the series, written by The A Word's Peter Bowker and produced by Victoria producer Mammoth Screen. Launching later this year on BBC One and recently…

PBS has acquired Helen Hunt-fronted British drama World on Fire. The public broadcaster will air the BBC series, which is produced by Victoria producer Mammoth Screen on its Masterpiece strand. The announcement was made by Masterpiece Executive Producer Rebecca Eaton at the TCA summer press tour. The drama is written…

Helen Hunt has lifted the lid about playing a "complicated" war correspondent in forthcoming British war epic World on Fire. Hunt plays Nancy, a female US war correspondent who can't find peace unless her life is at risk, in the BBC One drama, which is produced by Victoria producer Mammoth Screen. The drama is written…

Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings star Sean Bean is joining the cast of BBC One drama World on Fire. The actor will star alongside Helen Hunt (As Good As It Gets) and Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) in the seven-part World War II epic. Also joining the cast is A Very English Scandal and The Inbetweeners star…

Helen Hunt is to star in Mammoth Screen's BBC One WWII drama World on Fire. The As Good As It Gets and Mad About You star will lead the cast alongside Phantom Thread's Lesley Manville and rising British stars Jonah Hauer-King (Little Women) and Julia Brown (The Last Kingdom). The epic drama is written by The A Word's…

The BBC has set a lineup of new drama and comedy series which are in the works for BBC One and Two in the coming year. Among them are epic WWII drama World On Fire from The A Word‘s Peter Bowker; The Trial of Christine Keeler from Apple Tree Yard‘s Amanda Coe; and House Productions’ half-hour Trigonometry, written by…