{"id":17465,"date":"2022-09-07T10:34:16","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T14:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/banijay-rights-reunites-stonehouse-team-runners\/"},"modified":"2022-09-07T10:34:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T14:34:16","slug":"banijay-rights-reunites-with-stonehouse-team-for-runners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/banijay-rights-reunites-with-stonehouse-team-for-runners\/","title":{"rendered":"Banijay Rights Reunites with Stonehouse Team for Runners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Banijay Rights has boarded <em>Runners<\/em>, a new series about the world\u2019s first police force, reuniting with the team behind <em>Stonehouse<\/em> and <em>The Dig<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Writer John Preston and executive producer Ellie Wood of Clearwood Films have joined forces again for the drama, which chronicles the creation of the Bow Street Runners in the late 1740s in London.<\/p>\n<p><em>Runners<\/em> tells the story of how author Henry Fielding, then chief magistrate of London, founded the group of just six police officers to impose law and order on a lawless society. Banijay Rights will distribute the series globally.<\/p>\n<p>This marks the third collaboration between Preston and Wood. Wood produced Preston\u2019s novel, <em>The Dig<\/em>, which was adapted into a feature film starring Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan for Netflix. Wood also produced Preston\u2019s forthcoming screenwriting debut, the ITV\/BritBox International drama<em> Stonehouse<\/em>, telling the story of the titular disgraced Labour politician and starring Matthew Macfadyen and Keeley Hawes. Banijay Rights handles global distribution for the series.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe founding of the first ever police force is one of the most astonishing stories I have ever come across,\u201d Preston said. \u201cThe idea that a band of six people could take on the might of London\u2019s underworld is so rich and dramatic that it often beggars belief. But it just goes to show that history is often made by people doing extraordinary things in the face of what appear to be insurmountable odds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is thrilling to be working with John Preston again on this phenomenal real-life story,\u201d Wood said. \u201cThis show is deeply researched, packed full of character, humor and written in John\u2019s inimitable tone. The fact that the philandering novelist who wrote <em>Tom Jones<\/em> also created the world\u2019s first police force is just one of many surprises in this fascinating drama.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simon Cox, executive VP of content and acquisitions at Banijay Rights, said, \u201c<em>Runners<\/em> is lined up to be a terrific tale\u2014set at the moment where organized law and order were introduced to Britain for the very first time, a juxtaposition of cultural change that would set the country to a new order for centuries to come. To work again with John and Ellie on a project of this stature is exciting, and we\u2019re in no doubt the story of the Bow Street Runners\u2019 early years will be a gripping one for global audiences to enjoy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Banijay Rights has boarded Runners, a new series about the world\u2019s first police force, reuniting with the team behind Stonehouse and The Dig.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":17466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[1605,3546],"class_list":["post-17465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-banijay-rights","tag-clearwood-films","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Banijay Rights Reunites with Stonehouse Team for Runners - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/banijay-rights-reunites-with-stonehouse-team-for-runners\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Banijay Rights Reunites with Stonehouse Team for Runners - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Banijay Rights has boarded Runners, a new series about the world\u2019s first police force, reuniting with the team behind Stonehouse and The Dig.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/banijay-rights-reunites-with-stonehouse-team-for-runners\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-09-07T14:34:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/07\/BanijayRights-Runners-0922.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"451\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/banijay-rights-reunites-with-stonehouse-team-for-runners\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/banijay-rights-reunites-with-stonehouse-team-for-runners\/\",\"name\":\"Banijay Rights Reunites with Stonehouse Team for Runners - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-07T14:34:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-07T14:34:16+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/banijay-rights-reunites-with-stonehouse-team-for-runners\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/banijay-rights-reunites-with-stonehouse-team-for-runners\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/banijay-rights-reunites-with-stonehouse-team-for-runners\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Banijay Rights Reunites with Stonehouse Team for Runners\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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