{"id":13284,"date":"2020-06-09T09:52:50","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T13:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/walter-presents-picks-russias-gold-diggers\/"},"modified":"2020-06-09T11:27:14","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T15:27:14","slug":"walter-presents-picks-up-russias-gold-diggers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/walter-presents-picks-up-russias-gold-diggers\/","title":{"rendered":"Walter Presents Picks Up Russia\u2019s Gold Diggers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first season of <em>Gold Diggers<\/em> (a.k.a. <em>Russian Affairs<\/em>), a crime drama set among Moscow\u2019s oligarch-led high society, has been acquired by Walter Presents in the U.K.<\/p>\n<p>The eight-part drama series comes from Start Studios. It has been a hit in Russia, garnering 15 million viewers for season one on the streamer Start. Season two is currently on air and is again the number one show in Russia.<\/p>\n<p><em>Gold Diggers <\/em>dives deep into the relationships between power, money and sex, the unbreakable threads tying Russian society\u2019s elite together.<\/p>\n<p>Walter Iuzzolino, co-founder and curator of Walter Presents, said: \u201c<em>Gold Diggers<\/em> is a riveting Russia series about desire, manipulation and the corrupting power of money\u2014a glamorous modern-day <em>Dynasty<\/em> set amongst the rich and beautiful in contemporary Moscow. It\u2019s a sassy, lavish and unmissable saga of lost innocence, sexual manipulation and greed, and unlike any Russian series I have ever seen before.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA smash hit in its country of origin, with multiple seasons in development, this is a piece which will delight lovers of international drama around the world and I am delighted to be able to bring it to Walter Presents viewers in the U.K.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dariaa Bondarenko, executive VP of international acquisitions, development and co-production at Yellow, Black and White Group, said: \u201cIt\u2019s an honor to be selected by Walter Presents, it is <em>the<\/em> home for international drama in the U.K., and we can\u2019t wait to see how <em>Gold Diggers<\/em> is received by U.K. audiences. <em>Gold Diggers<\/em> is a fantastic ensemble show, featuring some of Russia\u2019s best talent in-front and behind the camera. It\u2019s ostentatious, racy and intriguing and gives viewers a tantalizing ring-side seat to the fictionalized world of Russian oligarchs, their mistresses, money, wives and lives.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first season of Gold Diggers (a.k.a. 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