Tag: ZDF

Banijay Benelux’s Dutch label Topkapi is developing the eight-part drama Elixer, about the pharmaceutical industry, with NTR, BNNVARRA and Banijay Rights.

The U.K.’s BBC and Germany’s ZDF have commissioned The Famous Five, an adaptation of Enid Blyton’s The Famous Five series, from Moonage Pictures (The Pursuit of Love) and Nicolas Winding Refn.

Dynamic Television has announced the season five renewal of the popular Danish crime series The Sommerdahl Murders.

The Canadian drama Plan B is getting a local treatment in Germany for ZDF, marking the fourth adaptation of the series.

European drama distributors weigh in on the trends at play in the landscape today.

BBC, Stan and ZDF have co-commissioned a second season of The Tourist, with Jamie Dornan (Belfast, The Fall) and Danielle Macdonald (Unbelievable, Dumplin’) set to reprise their roles.

ZDF has come on board as a co-producer for season two of Acorn TV’s Irish mystery thriller Harry Wild, which has been given an extended episode order.

AMC Networks’ Acorn TV and ZDF have ordered a second season of the hit U.K. mystery drama series The Chelsea Detective from Expectation.

ZDF has ordered a local adaptation of Matchbox Pictures' Safe Harbour, which tells the story of a sailing trip on the Mediterranean, an overcrowded refugee boat and a catastrophe that will change the lives of everyone involved.

ZDF, Mediawan and RTÉ are joining Dynamic Television's Irish murder mystery series for Acorn TV: Harry Wild, starring Jane Seymour.