Scandinavian terror thriller Greyzone is heading to the UK after Walter Presents acquired the ten-part series from distributor ITV Studios Global Entertainment.
The Channel 4-backed foreign-language drama service will air the Cosmo Film-produced series later this year. The show, set in Copenhagen, Stockholm and Frankfurt, stars Borgen’s Birgitte Hjort Sørensen as Victoria, a drone engineer who is taken hostage by terrorists in her own home but manages to get a message to the secret services, who desperately try to prevent an attack on Scandinavian soil.
Co-created by Oskar Sӧderlund, Morten Dragsted and Rasmus Thorsen, it is a co-production between TV2 Denmark, TV4 Sweden, C More Sweden, ZDFneo, Nrk Norway, Sf Studios Sweden, Nadcon Film and ITV Studios Global Entertainment.
Thorsen said he was excited that it was coming to the UK. “The level of ambition for this series has always been high and with an international audience in mind.
The Channel 4-backed foreign-language drama service will air the Cosmo Film-produced series later this year. The show, set in Copenhagen, Stockholm and Frankfurt, stars Borgen’s Birgitte Hjort Sørensen as Victoria, a drone engineer who is taken hostage by terrorists in her own home but manages to get a message to the secret services, who desperately try to prevent an attack on Scandinavian soil.
Co-created by Oskar Sӧderlund, Morten Dragsted and Rasmus Thorsen, it is a co-production between TV2 Denmark, TV4 Sweden, C More Sweden, ZDFneo, Nrk Norway, Sf Studios Sweden, Nadcon Film and ITV Studios Global Entertainment.
Thorsen said he was excited that it was coming to the UK. “The level of ambition for this series has always been high and with an international audience in mind.
- 5/3/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Lille, France — Walter Presents, one of Europe’s barometers for cool in international TV sales, announced today at Series Mania that it have secured the U.K. rights to the Scandinavian thriller “Greyzone.”
Since its launch on commercial channel TV2, the series has competed head-to-head with Dr’s flagship series “Liberty,” in the 8pm Thursday night slot, with “Liberty” winning the timeslot, but each enjoying favorable ratings, as well as audience and critical praise. According to the Nordisk Film & TV Fond news site, “Greyzone” opened with a 28% market share, and a satisfaction evaluation of 4.1 out of a possible 5.
Set in Copenhagen, Stockholm and Frankfurt, the series follows Victoria, played by “Borgen” star Brigitte Hjort Sørensen, a drone engineer who is taken hostage by a group of terrorists. Before being abducted, she manages to get a message to the secret services about a potential attack on Scandinavian soil.
With its...
Since its launch on commercial channel TV2, the series has competed head-to-head with Dr’s flagship series “Liberty,” in the 8pm Thursday night slot, with “Liberty” winning the timeslot, but each enjoying favorable ratings, as well as audience and critical praise. According to the Nordisk Film & TV Fond news site, “Greyzone” opened with a 28% market share, and a satisfaction evaluation of 4.1 out of a possible 5.
Set in Copenhagen, Stockholm and Frankfurt, the series follows Victoria, played by “Borgen” star Brigitte Hjort Sørensen, a drone engineer who is taken hostage by a group of terrorists. Before being abducted, she manages to get a message to the secret services about a potential attack on Scandinavian soil.
With its...
- 5/3/2018
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
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