Kristin Brzoznowski

Carlos Hertel, director of international sales at Bavaria Media International, talks about the change both in the supply of and demand for drama series over the last year.

The hit Turkish drama The Promise has been licensed by Eccho Rights into a slew of countries, alongside the series scoring a fourth season renewal from Kanal 7.

Production had started on the new eight-part drama series Black Sands, which is being made in association with All3Media International.

Elisa Viihde has commissioned the new original series The Man Who Died, based on the best-selling book of the same title by Antti Tuomainen.

Amazon Studios has greenlit a second season of the fantasy series The Wheel of Time, based on Robert Jordan’s series of best-selling novels, ahead of the show's premiere.

Peacock has given a straight-to-series order for Vampire Academy, from executive producer Julie Plec (The Vampire Diaries, The Originals).

Dynamic Television's Danish crime series The Sommerdahl Murders has been renewed for a third season, with TV4 Sweden, TV2 Norway and NPO Netherlands on board as prebuy partners.

Arnold Schwarzenegger is fronting a scripted global spy adventure series for Netflix that hails from Skydance Television.

Synchronicity Films is again working with author Helen FitzGerald (The Cry), optioning the rights to her novel Bloody Women to develop as a series.

The BBC has revealed six new commissions for its drama slate, including a series from Candice Carty-Williams, writer of the best-selling novel Queenie.