Tag: Alibi

UKTV has appointed Paramount alum Claire Hookway as commissioning executive to bolster the development of original drama.

Filming has begun for the six-part drama Bookish, a new series created by Emmy Award-winning writer Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, Doctor Who) for UKTV’s Alibi.

Mark Gatiss (The League of Gentlemen, Sherlock) is set to write and star in Bookish, an upcoming original UKTV-commissioned detective drama.

UKTV has secured the rights to six series from Disney Entertainment for its Alibi, Drama and Dave channels and UKTV Play.

UKTV’s Alibi has commissioned I, Jack Wright from Federation Stories, with Chris Lang (Unforgotten; The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe) as writer.

UKTV has commissioned The Red King, created and written by Toby Whithouse (Being Human, The Game), for its crime drama channel Alibi.

Executive producer Simon Heath and actors Sophie Rundle and Serena Manteghi talk about shooting The Diplomat in Barcelona amid Covid protocols and the nuances of the story-of-the-week format.

Alibi and Masterpiece have co-commissioned a second season of Annika, as All3Media International completed sales for the series across three continents.

UKTV has secured the rights to air the U.K. premiere of CSI: Vegas for its Alibi crime drama channel.

UKTV has secured rights to the U.K. broadcast debut of the hit buddy-cop drama series Pretty Hard Cases for its Alibi channel.