Hit crime drama from Dynamic Television heads to U&Drama for domestic premiere
UKTV has struck a deal with Dynamic Television to premiere Acorn TV’s most watched series premiere of all time, crime drama Art Detectives.
The acquisition will see Art Detectives premiere in the UK on UKTV’s streaming service U as well as its free to air drama channel U&Drama.
The six-part series is centred around the Heritage Crime Unit, a police department consisting of DI Mick Palmer and DC Shazia Malik who solve murders connected to the world of art and antiques. It became Acorn TV’s most watched series premiere of all time when it launched in June this year in North America.
The deal with Dynamic Television will also see UKTV acquire four series of Acorn TV’s hit Irish mystery series Harry Wild, starring Jane Seymour as the titular amateur detective.
It will also play on U and U&Drama and will be the UK premiere for series 3 and 4 of the series, with Harry Wild currently ranking among Acorn TV’s top 10 most watched seasons of all time.
Harry Wild was recently renewed for a fifth season which is currently in production in Dublin.
UKTV’s chief programming officer Steve North described the show as “exactly the kind of intelligent, engaging drama – combining mystery, history and human stories – that we know our audiences will embrace.”
The deal was negotiated by UKTV and BBC Studios’ global acquisitions manager Imogen Keen and overseen by senior global acquisitions manager Sophie Judge alongside managing partner Dan March for Dynamic TV.
The deal also secured Harry Wild series 5 for SvoD drama channel BBC First and BBC iPlayer in Asia, BBC First in Belgium, BBC NL in the Netherlands, BBC First in Poland and Central and Eastern Europe.
Art Detectives is written by Dan Gaster, Will Ing, Paul Powell, Emma Goodwin and Kitty Percy. It’s directed by Jennie Paddon and the series is executive producer by Gaster, Ing and Powell for Black Dog Television and Catherine Mackin and Bea Tammer for Acorn TV/Acorn Media Enterprises.
Daniel March and Klaus Zimmerman also executive produce for Dynamic Television with Stephen Moyer.
Art Detectives is an Acorn TV Original Series produced by Black Dog Television, Acorn Media Enterprises, Dynamic Television and Northern Ireland Screen. Dynamic Television is the worldwide distributor, and Acorn TV holds North American rights.
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