Season Five for Wire in the Blood

LONDON, October 23: ITV has commissioned a fifth season of
four TV movies in the Wire In The Blood
crime franchise, which is distributed by Southern Star International.

With the new commission, Southern Star now has 19 TV movies
to offer the international market. The show is produced by Coastal Productions
and stars Robson Green in a series of self-contained stories based on the
character Dr Tony Hill, a clinical psychologist, created by award-winning
author Val McDermid.

Wire In The Blood has
shored up slots worldwide, including in the U.S. (BBC America), Canada
(Showcase), Germany (ZDF), France (AB Sat), Netherlands (SBS), Latin America
(HBO and Multi Premiere), Denmark (DRTV), Australia (ABC TV and UKTV), New
Zealand (TVNZ and UKTV), Norway (TV2), Belgium (VRT), Israel (Israel 10), South
Africa (MNet), the Middle East (Kuwait TV, Qatar TV, Bahrain TV, Dubai One TV,
IRIB), Poland (Telewizja Polska), Japan (The Mystery Channel), Asia (Hallmark),
Turkey (TRT) and Finland (YLE).