{"id":6977,"date":"2016-08-25T09:46:02","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T13:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/noughts-and-crosses-adaptation-among-bbc-one-commissions\/"},"modified":"2016-08-25T12:48:44","modified_gmt":"2016-08-25T16:48:44","slug":"noughts-and-crosses-adaptation-among-bbc-one-commissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2016\/08\/25\/noughts-and-crosses-adaptation-among-bbc-one-commissions\/","title":{"rendered":"New BBC One Commissions Across Drama & Factual"},"content":{"rendered":"
LONDON: Charlotte Moore, the director of BBC Content, has unveiled a raft of new commissions for BBC One, including a fourth season of Line of Duty<\/em> and an adaptation of the young adult novel Noughts and Crosses<\/em>.<\/p>\n Mammoth Screen is producing the Noughts and Crosses<\/em> series. Malorie Blackman\u2019s story of first love in a dangerous, adrenaline-fueled fictional dystopia is being adapted by Levi David Addai with Matthew Graham.<\/p>\n Along with the commission of a fourth season of Line of Duty<\/em>, BBC One is getting a new six-part drama from the same team. Bodyguard<\/em> is created and written by Jed Mercurio and produced by World Production. The contemporary thriller features the Royalty and Specialist Protection Branch (RaSP) of London’s Metropolitan Police Service.<\/p>\n The network also commissioned the Scottish drama Trust Me<\/em> from RED Production Company. The four-part character-led thriller is written by Dan Sefton. It is set in Edinburgh and tells the story of Cathy, a hardworking and skilled nurse, who, having lost her job for whistleblowing, is forced to take drastic measures to provide for her daughter.<\/p>\n The Split<\/em> is a new original drama series from writer Abi Morgan (River<\/em>, Suffragette<\/em>, The Hour<\/em>) and executive producer Jane Featherstone (Broadchurch<\/em>, River<\/em>, Humans<\/em>), produced by Sister Pictures. It examines the fast-paced circuit of high-powered female divorce lawyers, through the lens of three sisters.<\/p>\n BBC One also has new factual commissions, including Serengeti<\/em>. The production will use specially created camera devices, including moving spy cameras, to film the animals of the Serengeti. The series will also pioneer the use of VR 360-degree shooting.<\/p>\n For the one-hour documentary Stalkers<\/em>, Wild Pictures gained exclusive access to Paladin, the National Stalking Advocacy Service, who assist high-risk victims of stalking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" LONDON: Charlotte Moore, the director of BBC Content, has unveiled a raft of new commissions for BBC One, including a fourth season of Line of Duty and an adaptation of the young adult novel Noughts and Crosses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":6978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[227,777,778,779,780,781,782,783],"class_list":["post-6977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bbc-one","tag-bodyguard","tag-line-of-duty","tag-noughts-and-crosses","tag-serengeti","tag-stalkers","tag-the-split","tag-trust-me"],"yoast_head":"\n