Overview
- The BBC, which announced the acquisition Monday, secured exclusive UK rights to premiere the eight‑part series on iPlayer and BBC Four later this year.
- The Sentinels adapts Xavier Dorison and Enrique Breccia’s Les Sentinelles graphic novels into a World War I alternate‑history tale about an augmented soldier.
- The drama was created for television by Guillaume Lemans with Xabi Molia and Raphaëlle Richet, directed by Thierry Poiraud and Édouard Salier, and produced by Federation Studio France and Esprits Frappeurs.
- Originally commissioned by Canal+, the show launched last year in a coordinated release across more than 30 countries and has since sold into over 60 territories, with Studiocanal handling international sales.
- BBC acquisitions lead Nick Lee described the series as a high‑energy blend of steampunk, sci‑fi and war drama, with Louis Peres heading a cast that includes Thibaut Evrard, Kacey Mottet‑Klein, Carl Malapa, Olivia Ross and Ouassini Embarek.