{"id":9184,"date":"2018-03-23T08:36:53","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T12:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/acorn-tv-goes-straight-series-british-procedural\/"},"modified":"2018-03-23T09:07:16","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T13:07:16","slug":"acorn-tv-goes-straight-to-series-with-british-procedural","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/acorn-tv-goes-straight-to-series-with-british-procedural\/","title":{"rendered":"Acorn TV Goes Straight to Series with British Procedural"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Acorn TV and Acorn Media Enterprises have made their second series commission and first straight-to-series order with the British drama\u00a0<em>London Kills<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>London Kills<\/em> will follow the experiences of a team of top murder detectives and will be shot like a documentary. Each episode will focus on a different murder, following the detectives as they uncover the truth behind the killing, but will also have a serialized story involving the lead detective\u2019s missing wife.<\/p>\n<p>Acorn Media Enterprises partnered with PGMTV to co-produce the new series along with Acorn Media International distributing in all English-speaking territories and ZDF Enterprises distributing in the rest of the world.<\/p>\n<p>Created for TV and co-written by Paul Marquess (<em>Suspects<\/em>, <em>Footballers\u2019 Wives<\/em>), <em>London Kills<\/em> will go into production in May with a winter 2018 North American premiere. The companies will produce two seasons back-to-back comprised of five one-hour episodes.<\/p>\n<p>Shane Murphy, managing director of Acorn Media Enterprises, said, \u201cAfter announcing our first commission with <em>Agatha Raisin <\/em>season two, Acorn Media Enterprises and Acorn TV are thrilled to not only commission another high-quality production but make\u00a0<em>London Kills<\/em> our first straight-to-series commission and produce two seasons back-to-back. With its compelling, fast-paced scripts and the creativity of Paul Marquess,\u00a0<em>London Kills\u00a0<\/em>will make an excellent addition to Acorn TV\u2019s rapidly growing originals slate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paul Marquess, managing director of PGMTV, said, \u201cI\u2019m delighted to be making\u00a0<em>London Kills<\/em> for Acorn. I\u2019m convinced that London is the perfect backdrop for a contemporary police series. Shane Murphy loved the idea from the first pitch\u2014and he and his team have been brilliantly supportive throughout the process. With acutely drawn regular characters and a variety of compelling murder investigations\u2014as well as an intriguing serial narrative running right through it\u2014<em>London Kills<\/em> is shaping up to be a sharp, smart, timely procedural drama. 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