Overview
- ITV released the first-look trailer for Secret Service, a five-part spy thriller adapted from Tom Bradby’s bestseller, with a UK debut set for spring on ITV1 and ITVX.
- All3Media International confirmed a raft of deals, including first-window streaming on MagentaTV in Germany and Swisscom’s Blue Play in Switzerland, plus runs on Movistar Plus+ in Spain, Cosmote in Greece and AntenaPlay in Romania.
- The rollout also covers Scandinavia’s public broadcasters NRK, DR, YLE, RUV and SVT, with further licenses to Stan in Australia, Sky New Zealand’s Three and ThreeNow, and BBC First and BBC Player for India and parts of Asia.
- Gemma Arterton leads as MI6 officer Kate Henderson, whose probe targets a suspected Russian asset in high office, with filming on location in London and Malta and an ensemble featuring Rafe Spall, Alex Kingston and Roger Allam.
- Potboiler produces with James Marsh directing the first three episodes and Farren Blackburn the final two, as execs Gail Egan, Andrea Calderwood, Tom Bradby and Chloe Sizer steer a staggered release that blends early SVOD exclusives with later free-to-air runs.