StudioCanal and the Hong Kong-headquartered telecom giant PCCW have sealed a distribution deal for three English-language drama series produced by its subsidiary Red Production Company to be broadcasted on English free-to-air channel ViuTVsix in Hong Kong in 2019.
The deal is the first such tie-up between StudioCanal and PCCW.
The deal will bring to Hong Kong the four-part thriller Trust Me, produced for BBC One and starring new Doctor Who Jodie Whittaker; three-part drama Come Home, created and written by Danny Brocklehurst and also produced for BBC One; and 10-part original thriller The Five created by American author Harlan Coben for the U.K.’s Sky 1.
Trust Me revolves around a whistle-blowing nurse played by Whittaker who stole her doctor friend’s identity to provide for her daughter after losing her job. It was written by Dan Sefton (Mr Selfridge, The Five) and now in preproduction for season two.
Starring Christopher Eccleston and Paula Malcomson, Come Home explores the reasons and aftermath of a woman walking out on her husband and three children, seemingly out of the blue.
Harlan Coben’s The Five stars Tom Cullen (Downton Abbey), O-T Fagbenle (The Interceptor), Lee Ingleby (The A Word) and Sarah Solemani (The Wrong Mans). Written by BAFTA and Emmy Award-winning writer Danny Brocklehurst and directed by Mark Tonderai, it tracks the reappearance of a man who, as a child 20 years ago, went missing.
