Southern Star to Distribute Little Devil

SYDNEY/LONDON,
June 30: Southern Star International has been chosen by the U.K. production
entity talkbackTHAMES
as the distributor for Little Devil.

Along
with the acquisition of Little Devil Southern Star will be looking to develop further drama projects with
talkbackTHAMES.

Little
Devil is a 3
x 1-hour comedy-drama that will air on ITV and star Robson Green (Northern
Lights, Wire
In The Blood,
Rocket Man). The show, which deals with a family falling apart and a little boy’s
attempt to keep his parents together, also stars Maggie O’Neill (Shameless, Blue Murder) and James Wilby (Marple:
The Sittaford Mystery, Gosford Park).

“Southern Star are extremely excited to be distributing Little
Devil for
talkbackTHAMES,” says said Catherine Payne, the chief executive of Southern
Star International. “It is a wonderful story with a fantastic cast and just the
right mix of drama, emotion, comedy and a little mischief.”

“We're really excited
about this project and look forward to working with Southern Star on another
drama development in the future.” said Johnathan Young, the head of drama, at
talkbackTHAMES.