Overview
- BBC has ordered an eight-part crime drama, The Northumbria Mysteries, with Robson Green playing Joe Ruby.
- The drama sits within the North East Digital Accelerator, a BBC program designed to build local crews, companies, and skills.
- Newcastle-based Lonesome Pine Productions, located in Byker, will produce, with on-location filming in Northumberland set for spring.
- The second lead, Oxford-educated DI Rose O’Connell, has not been cast, leaving the key partner role open.
- The series is set to air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, with Chronicle Live reporting Gordon Anderson and Duncan Foster as directors.