{"id":5605,"date":"2016-02-11T10:18:13","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T15:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/swedish-drama-modus-clinches-bbc-slot\/"},"modified":"2016-02-11T13:08:31","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T18:08:31","slug":"swedish-thriller-modus-clinches-bbc-slot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/swedish-thriller-modus-clinches-bbc-slot\/","title":{"rendered":"Swedish Thriller Modus Clinches BBC Slot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: BBC Four has acquired the Swedish drama <em>Modus<\/em> from FremantleMedia International.<\/p>\n<p><em>Modus<\/em> stars Melinda Kinnaman (<em>The Bridge<\/em> season three), Henrik Norl\u00e9n (<em>Johan Falk<\/em>, <em>Arne Dahl<\/em>), Marek Oravec (<em>Captain America: The First Avenger<\/em>) and Krister Henriksson (<em>Wallander<\/em>). The series is written by the Emmy Award-winning screenwriting duo Mai Brostr\u00f8m and Peter Thorsboe (<em>The Eagle<\/em>, <em>The Protectors<\/em>, <em>Unit 1<\/em>, <em>The Team<\/em>) and is loosely based on Anne Holt\u2019s best-selling novels featuring Inger Johanne Vik.<\/p>\n<p>Cassian Harrison, editor for BBC Four, said: \u201cBBC Four continues to bring the very best international drama to its audience and I\u2019m delighted that we will be showing <em>Modus<\/em>, from a terrifically talented, award-winning team. With a gripping story line and rich, complex characters this is a clever, entertaining Saturday night treat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sue Deeks, BBC&#8217;s head of program acquisition, added: \u201c<em>Modus<\/em> is a tense and atmospheric crime thriller with a chilling core\u2014it will make a riveting addition to BBC Four\u2019s Saturday nights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jamie Lynn, the executive VP of sales and distribution for EMEA at FremantleMedia International, added: \u201cBBC Four is recognized by the international broadcast community for its quality foreign drama and has landed and launched some of the industry\u2019s biggest Scandi titles in its Saturday night slot, all of which have gone on to receive worldwide acclaim. This prestigious slot has become a beacon, and when searching for the next big non-English-language hit, the international world looks here. We are delighted BBC Four has selected <em>Modus<\/em> to air in this slot.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: BBC Four has acquired the Swedish drama Modus from FremantleMedia International.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":5606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[396,252,395],"class_list":["post-5605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bbc-four","tag-fremantlemedia-international","tag-modus","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Swedish Thriller Modus Clinches BBC Slot - 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\/swedish-thriller-modus-clinches-bbc-slot\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Swedish Thriller Modus Clinches BBC Slot - 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