Granada Unveils DISCOP Slate

LONDON, May 27: Granada
International will attend DISCOP with a diverse range of programs, including
formats, entertainment, drama and factual fare.

Bonekickers, a 6×1-hour high-definition series, headlines the drama slate for Granada. From the
creators of Life on Mars, Bonekickers
follows a group of archaeologists
who are working at the front line of history. Lost in Austen, a reinvention of Jane Austen’s Pride and
Prejudice, joins Murdoch
Mysteries, a 13×1-hour detective
series, to round out Granada’s drama offerings.

The 90-minute TV movie Nature
of the Beast will also be
available at DISCOP. The dark comedy stars Eric Mabius (Ugly Betty) as a husband-to-be who is also a werewolf. In
kids’ fare, The Pinky & Perky Show, a high-definition CGI series for 6- to 11-year-olds, centers on a
pair of piglets who are working on their own television show.

In the factual genre, The
Neanderthal Code, an evolutionary
detective story, will be offered alongside the wildlife program Street
Monkeys, produced by Icon Films
for National Geographic Channels International and Smithsonian Channel. Old
Skool with Terry and Gita, a
5×30-minute factual entertainment program, is also on Granada’s slate.

Format offerings include The
Colour of Money, the quiz show Relentless, Fever Pitch, Come Dine with Me
and The Chopping Block.

—By Kristin
Brzoznowski