Channel 5 is becoming a member of The Forsytes.
The Paramount community has taken UK rights on PBS Masterpiece’s splashy adaptation of John Galsworthy’s The Forsyte Saga, which stars Physician Who’s Millie Gibson and Francesca Annis as formidable matriarch Ann.
Penned by British screenwriter Debbie Horsfield (Poldark), the collection chronicles the lives of 4 generations of an upper-class household of stockbrokers, set in opposition to the backdrop of a quickly evolving late-Victorian world. True Blood star Stephen Moyer (Horny Beast) additionally options alongside the likes of Jack Davenport (The Morning Present) and Gibson.
That is the third Forsyte Saga adaptation. A model aired in 1967 on the BBC and 35 years afterward ITV. The brand new present is made by ITV Studios-backed Mammoth Display screen and is a uncommon instance of a British present being greenlit by an American community, with Channel 5 coming in at a later date. Channel 5 additionally combines with PBS Masterpiece on its hit All Creatures Nice and Small reboot.
The information was revealed by Channel 5 content material boss Ben Frow at a showcase in London, as Channel 5 and streamer My5 formally rebrand below one unified model titled 5.
Frow additionally revealed new collection The Trial (w/t), a one-off drama starring Derry Women breakout Saoirse-Monica Jackson, The Crown’s Ben Miles and Claire Skinner. The Trial explores a chillingly believable near-future by which dad and mom are held legally chargeable for the crimes of their kids, elevating unsettling questions on justice, culpability, and the boundaries of state management.
Channel 5 has just lately moved into the one drama area and says it’ll break information by having greater than 100 hours price of drama on the community this yr. Excessive profile reveals set to launch embrace David Suchet-starrer The Au Pair, Jason Watkins and Robson Inexperienced’s Cat and Mouse and the newest season of All Creatures.
Frow mentioned: “There may be enormous breadth of recent content material on streaming for viewers to find, however the coronary heart of 5 will at all times be our dedication to originated, UK produced public service content material – together with our award successful factual and extra hours of unique drama than we now have ever commissioned. With an unmissable nationwide advertising and marketing marketing campaign that’s larger than something we’ve executed earlier than, I hope we will open the eyes of those that haven’t beforehand watched with us to among the implausible reveals we now have to entertain them.”
