BBC Worldwide Channels Score HBO Fare

CANNES: A slate of dramas and comedies from HBO have been picked up by BBC Worldwide Channels for broadcast on BBC Entertainment and BBC Knowledge in Africa.

BBC Entertainment opted for Capturing Mary, directed by acclaimed British playwright, director and scriptwriter Stephen Poliakoff; The Affair, with Courtney B. Vance as an American GI during World War II; and seasons one and two of Rome. The deal also covers Little Britain USA with David Walliams and Matt Lucas.
 
BBC Knowledge, meanwhile, will air the award-winning biopic The Gathering Storm, with Albert Finney as Winston Churchill, and the followup Into the Storm with Brendan Gleeson. The channel also acquired Conspiracy, starring Kenneth Branagh and recounting the events leading up to the "Final Solution" in Nazi Germany, and the two-part Tsunami.