{"id":18756,"date":"2023-06-05T09:39:53","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T13:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/pbs-masterpiece-uktv-greenlight-marlow-murder-club\/"},"modified":"2023-06-05T09:39:53","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T13:39:53","slug":"pbs-masterpiece-uktv-greenlight-marlow-murder-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/pbs-masterpiece-uktv-greenlight-marlow-murder-club\/","title":{"rendered":"PBS Masterpiece &#038; UKTV Greenlight Marlow Murder Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UKTV\u2019s Drama channel and PBS Masterpiece have co-commissioned a TV adaptation of Robert Thorogood\u2019s hit novel <em>The Marlow Murder Club<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The drama is from the creator of <em>Death in Paradise<\/em> and the producers of <em>Ghosts<\/em>. Samantha Bond (<em>Downton Abbey<\/em>, <em>Home Fires<\/em>) will star alongside Jo Martin (<em>Doctor Who<\/em>, <em>Back to Life<\/em>), Cara Horgan (<em>The Sandman<\/em>, <em>Traitors<\/em>) and Natalie Dew (<em>Sandylands<\/em>, <em>The Capture<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p><em>The Marlow Murder Club<\/em> will air the two-parter on Drama and UKTV Play in 2024. Masterpiece will air the series in four parts on PBS in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Monumental Television is producing in association with ITV Studios. ITV Studios will handle international distribution.<\/p>\n<p>Thorgood said: \u201cAfter over a decade of working on <em>Death in Paradise<\/em>, I\u2019m thrilled to be creating a brand-new murder mystery series for TV. I can\u2019t wait for audiences to join Judith, Becks and Suzie on their adventures as they solve a series of fiendishly puzzling murders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Philippa Collie Cousins, senior commissioning editor at UKTV, said: \u201cAfter a highly rewarding period of collaboration, we are thrilled to be greenlighting Robert Thorogood\u2019s adaptation of his hit novel for Drama. The brilliant team at Monumental has found the perfect cast for the show and the perfect director in Steve Barron. I\u2019m very much looking forward to seeing these great scripts burst into life on screen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emma Ayech, channel director for Drama, added: \u201cIt\u2019s an incredibly exciting time for Drama, as we start commissioning UKTV Originals for the channel. Whether you\u2019re a fan of the book or new to the adventures of the wonderful Judith Potts, our viewers are in for a real treat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Debra Hayward, Monumental co-founder, said: \u201cWe instantly fell in love with Robert\u2019s book, and we\u2019re delighted that he is bringing it to the screen with us. Combined with Steve Barron\u2019s brilliant directing and our superb cast led by Samantha Bond, we hope that audiences will be as captivated by Robert\u2019s Marlow as we are.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UKTV\u2019s Drama channel and PBS Masterpiece have co-commissioned a TV adaptation of Robert Thorogood\u2019s hit novel The Marlow Murder Club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":18757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[6829,1076,6830,6831,1600,6832,6833,6834,979],"class_list":["post-18756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-cara-horgan","tag-drama","tag-jo-martin","tag-natalie-dew","tag-pbs-masterpiece","tag-robert-thorogood","tag-samantha-bond","tag-the-marlow-murder-club","tag-uktv","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PBS Masterpiece &amp; 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