UK TV

tvN (Korea) green lights: adaptation of Netflix’s Designated Survivor, crime thriller Confessions, romance drama Her Private Life, fantasy drama WWW and historical fantasy drama Asdal Chronicles

Scandinavian TV

YLE (Finland) green lights: series of 1970s Chilean asylum drama Invisible Heroes, with Pelle Heikkilä, Ilkka Villi, Sophia Heikkilä et al

UK TV

Neon Ink developing: adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo
ITV developing: adaptation of Julian Fellowes’ Belgravia

US TV

NBC to launch streaming service in 2020

US TV show casting

Nimrat Kaur and Numan Acar to return to Showtime’s Homeland
Bernard White to recur on TNT’s Claws

New US TV shows

ABC green lights: pilot of The Hypnotist’s Love Story
CBS All Access developing: Star Trek: Discovery spin-off with Michelle Yeoh
HBO green lights: Perry Mason limited series prequel starring Matthew Rhys
NBC green lights: pilot of Council of Dads
Skybound developing: adaptation of Korea assassin drama Aknyeo (The Villainess)

New US TV show casting

Jessica Williams and DeWanda Wise to guest on CBS All Access’ The Twilight Zone
Phillip Rhys to recur on Freeform’s The Perfectionists
Sarah Shahi to recur on Showtime’s City on a Hill
Riley Voelkel to co-star in Starz’s Hightown
Omar Metwally, Tracy Ifeachor, Hyo Joo Han et al join USA’s Treadstone

Stella Blómkvist, Safe Harbour acquired; IMDB Freedive launches in the US; + more

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UK TV acquisitions

Sundance Now acquires: Sjónvarp Símans (Iceland)’s Stella Blómkvist
BBC Four acquires: SBS (Australia)’s Safe Harbour

Internet TV

Trailer for YouTube’s Wayne and Del
IMDb launches free, US-only TV and movie streaming service IMDb Freedive

Scandinavian TV

Trailer for Elisa Viihde (Finland)’s Kaikki synnit (All the Sins)

UK TV

Sky1 green lights: series of sci-fi cop comedy Code 404, with Daniel Mays and Stephen Graham

US TV

Trailer for season 4 of Showtime’s Billions

US TV show casting

Sarah Shahi to recur on ABC’s The Rookie
Hailie Sahar to recur on Freeform’s Good Trouble
Katherine Moennig to recur on Freeform’s grown-ish
James Lesure joins HBO’s Divorce

New US TV shows

NBC green lights: pilots of telepathic singing dramedy Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist and amnesiac child conspiracy thriller Emergence

New US TV show casting

Hong Chau joins HBO’s Watchmen
Jake Busey to recur on Spectrum’s LA’s Finest

What (more) TV’s on at BAFTA in February? Including Matthew Hall on Writing

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Every week or so, TMINE flags up what new TV events BAFTA is holding around the UK

Following on from last week’s February listing, there’s been a quiet announcement this week of an additional February BAFTA event – ie. I had to look on their web site just now to find it. It should be an interesting, too, given it’s a masterclass in TV writing by Matthew Hall – the bloke who wrote the books CBC (Canada)’s Coroner is based on, as well as S4C/BBC1’s Un Bore Mercher (Keeping Faith) and ITV’s Kavanagh QC.

Award Winners Masterclass: Matthew Hall on Writing

Wednesday, 6 February 2019 – 4:00pm
The Atrium, University of South Wales

A chance to hear from the BAFTA Cymru winning writer of Keeping Faith.

Matthew began life as a trial lawyer before landing his first TV writing commission aged 27 on ITV’s Kavanagh QC starring John Thaw. He has written over 50 hours of prime-time TV drama and five novels. He divides his time between his family home in Wales and London.

A TV series of Matthew’s novels called Coroner has just been made for CBC in Canada and is airing in the UK on Universal TV from January 2019 onward. The books are set partially in Wales, and have been adapted by Welsh-born writer, Morwyn Brebner.

The event is part of the University of South Wales’ TV Futures Day.

We have a limited allocation of tickets for members. Email Vicki to reserve your place.

Criminal Minds cancelled; New Amsterdam acquired; Al Pacino’s Hunt; + more

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UK TV acquisitions

Amazon acquires: NBC (US)’s New Amsterdam
Walter Presents acquires: DR (Denmark)’s Liberty [membership required]

Internet TV

Netflix green lights: adaptation of Leigh Bardugo’s Shadow Bone trilogy and two Six of Crows novels
Al Pacino joins Amazon’s The Hunt
Breeda Wool to recur on Netflix’s GLOW
Trailer for season 2 of Netflix’s The Punisher
Trailer for season 3 of Netflix’s One Day at a Time

UK TV

Duchess Street developing: adaptation of Jonathan Coe’s The House of Sleep
Trailer for Channel 4’s Pure

US TV

CBS renews and cancels: Criminal Minds
Trailer for season 9 of Showtime’s Shameless
Trailer for season 2 of Crackle’s The Oath

US TV show casting

Jonathan Bennett to guest on The CW’s Supergirl
Adam Rose returns to Hulu’s Veronica Mars

New US TV shows

NBC green lights: pilots of legal dramas Prism and Bluff City Law
TBS developing: remake of TNT Comedy (Germany)’s Arthurs Gesetz (Arthur’s Law)

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Award Winners Masterclass: Matthew Hall on Writing

Wednesday, 6 February 2019 – 4:00pm The Atrium, University of South Wales

Every weekday, TMINE brings you the latest TV news from around the world

UK TV acquisitions

Internet TV

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New US TV shows

Wednesday, 6 February 2019 – 4:00pm
The Atrium, University of South Wales