Further Sales for Wuthering Heights

LONDON: ITV Global Entertainment has sold the drama Wuthering Heights into new territories, with deals in Australia, the U.S. and Brazil, among others.

ABC in Australia, WGBH in the U.S., W Network in Canada, TVNZ in New Zealand, VRT in Belgium, TV2 in Denmark, KRO in Holland, TV4 in Sweden, CYBC in Cyprus, Futura in Brazil, Mio TV in Singapore and PTS in Taiwan all signed on for the series. Wuthering Heights is an adaptation of Emily Bronte’s novel starring Tom Hardy (Stuart: A Life Backwards) as the dark and brooding Heathcliff, alongside Charlotte Riley (The Take) as Cathy, together with Sarah Lancashire (Oliver Twist) as Nellie Dean and Andrew Lincoln (Love Actually) as Edgar, Cathy’s forlorn husband. Wuthering Heights is produced by Mammoth Screen and WGBH Boston and supported by the Screen Yorkshire production fund.

Tobi de Graaff, the director of the global TV distribution at ITV, said, “Wuthering Heights is a superb piece of high-quality drama. The lavish costumes, epic landscapes and gripping characters brilliantly bring this compelling portrayal of one of literature’s most famous love stories to life in spectacular style. Today’s sales news sits proudly alongside our first Mammoth Screen drama, Lost in Austen, which is watched in more than 120 countries worldwide.”