Apple TV Lands Gideon Raff’s Safe Houses

Apple TV has landed Safe Houses, a new eight-episode series adapted from Dan Fesperman’s espionage novel that will be showrun and executive produced by Gideon Raff (The Spy).

Safe Houses is a co-production between wiip and Apple Studios. Otto Bathurst (Peaky Blinders) is set to direct, and Raff will direct additional episodes.

Paul Lee and David Flynn executive produce for wiip. Raff and Alexandra Milchan will also executive produce. Mike Seid, who developed the series with Raff, will serve as a co-executive producer along with Adam Berkowitz. Sara Gonzalo will serve as producer and Fesperman will serve as consulting producer.

The series is set in the aftermath of the killing of a high-ranking CIA officer in Madrid. The series follows Sofia Jiménez, a fugitive agent accused of the crime, and Ambassador Elizabeth Winthrop, his widow, as they each investigate the murder from opposite sides.