CBS Drama to Showcase TV Movies Based on True Stories

LONDON: The fall lineup of CBS Drama in the U.K. is to feature a special True Stories season, with a slate of TV movies whose stories are based on actual events.

The lineup will air weekends from September to October. Titles include Martha: Behind Bars, a dramatization of Martha Stewart’s 2004 trial and prison sentence. Cybil Shepherd stars.

Diana: A Tribute to the People’s Princess focuses on the months leading up the death of Princess Diana, including her love affair with Dodi Al Fayed and her relationship with the press and bond with her two sons.

Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within is the story of a double CIA agent who sold secrets to the Soviets in order to fund his lavish lifestyle. Further acquisitions from CBS include Damaged Care, Beyond the Prairie and Beyond the Prairie 2, Crossroads: A Story of Forgiveness, Monday After the Miracle and I Posed for Playboy, among others.

Chris Sharp, the chief programming officer and general manager at Chello Zone, which co-owns CBS Drama, said: “Stories that focus on real-life events have an extra resonance for our audience and the acquisitions we’ve secured for CBS Drama are particularly enthralling.”