{"id":5915,"date":"2016-04-06T02:00:40","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T06:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2016-04-06T02:15:02","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T06:15:02","slug":"acorn-snaps-up-the-secret-agent-for-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/acorn-snaps-up-the-secret-agent-for-the-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Acorn Snaps Up The Secret Agent for the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CANNES: Content Television has secured a presale for its brand-new miniseries <em>The Secret Agent<\/em>, placing the drama in the U.S. through a deal with RLJ Entertainment\u2019s Acorn brand.<\/p>\n<p>Acorn has acquired all U.S. TV, digital and home-entertainment rights for <em>The Secret Agent<\/em>. The 4&#215;45-minute drama from World Productions will make its broadcast debut later this year on BBC One in the U.K., and will have\u00a0its U.S. premiere on Acorn TV. DVD\/video-distribution rights for <em>The Secret Agent<\/em> have also been signed by Dazzler in the U.K., for release following the BBC broadcast.<\/p>\n<p>The psychological thriller from the team behind <em>Line of Duty<\/em> is adapted from Joseph Conrad\u2019s classic novel of terrorism, espionage and betrayal. It was adapted for TV by BAFTA-winning writer Tony Marchant (<em>Great Expectations<\/em>). Set in Victorian London,\u00a0<em>The Secret Agent<\/em> is directed by Emmy Award winner Charles McDougall and tells the story of Verloc, who, unbeknownst to his wife, works for the Russian embassy and must spy on a group of London anarchists. Toby Jones (<em>Marvellous<\/em>, <em>The Girl<\/em>) and Vicky McClure (<em>Line of Duty<\/em>, <em>This is England<\/em>) star.<\/p>\n<p>Greg Phillips, the president of Content Television, commented, \u201c<em>The Secret Agent<\/em> is a fantastically compelling new adaptation of Conrad\u2019s novel, which, although set in 1886, has huge contemporary resonance. World Productions are highly skilled in creating prime-time drama that holds great appeal in the international market\u2014as we\u2019ve already seen with <em>Line of Duty<\/em>, <em>The Bletchley Circle<\/em> and <em>United<\/em>\u2014and with such an impeccable cast and production talent on board, as well as this U.S. sale already signed, we\u2019re expecting <em>The Secret Agent<\/em> to be in strong demand.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CANNES: Content Television has secured a presale for its brand-new miniseries The Secret Agent, placing the drama in the U.S. through a deal with RLJ Entertainment\u2019s Acorn brand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":5916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[179,678,723,724,725],"class_list":["post-5915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-acorn-tv","tag-content-television","tag-rlj-entertainment","tag-the-secret-agent","tag-world-productions","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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