Channel 4 & Walter Presents land Global Screen drama trio for UK & North America
Channel 4 and Walter Presents in the UK have picked up Global Screen dramas Hostage, The Palace and The New Front, with two of the series also set to become available in North America.
Swedish six-part thriller Hostage, which has been created by Karin Fahlén and produced by Kärnfilm, explores a plane hijack and has been written by Rodica Doehnert.
The Palace tracks two estranged sisters’ lives in 1980’s Berlin and is from Constantin Television for Germany’s ZDF, while crime thriller The New Front (fka Westwall) has been created by Isa Prahl and was produced by Gaumont Germany for ZDF. The 6 x 45-minute miniseries explores a right-wing extremist group.
All three series will become available on Walter Presents and Channel 4, while Hostage and The Palace will also be exclusively available on the streamer in the US and Canada.
Klaus Rasmussen, co-head of acquisitions and sales at Global Screen, said: “The New Front and Hostage are real edge-of-your-seat thrillers and The Palace, set against the backdrop of Berlin’s great review theatre in a divided Germany, is a moving, exhilarating and life-affirming story. We are certain these incredible series will have strong appeal to viewers.”
Hostage Sweden Full run on More 4 starting Friday 16 August with a double episode from 9pm Ambitious and smart Fredrika Bergman, who works at the Ministry of Justice, is seconded into a fast-developing situation involving the remotely controlled hijacking of a plane flying from Sweden to the US.
The trailer for Hostage looked good, and was in English.
8 Episodes, I'm on Episode 5, can't recommend it highly enough. The ones I've seen are Iraq, Bosnia, Rwanda, Kosovo, Darfur, and I've still to watch the Libya & two Syria Episodes. Not an easy watch....
It seemed as though, If the Americans didnt get involved, nobody did. They never had a plan for after they had left.
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Walter Presents: ‘1985’ to launch on Channel 4 in September
Walter Presents is bringing crime drama ‘1985' to Channel 4 in September it has been confirmed.
The series stars Tijmen Govaerts, Aimé Claeys, Mona Mina Leon, Peter Van Den Begin, Roda Fawaz, Tom Vermeier, Yoann Blanc, Titus De Voog and Guillaume Kerbusch. It is written by Willem Wallyn and directed by Wouter Bouvijn.
Set against the backdrop of Belgium’s most notorious unsolved crime spree, 1985 is about one of the darkest pages in Belguim’s history, marked by police corruption and crimes committed by the so-called ‘Brabant Killers’.
In 1980, best friends Marc (Tijmen Govaerts) and Franky (Aimé Claeys), and his sister Vicky (Mona Mina Leon), begin a new chapter of their lives, when they set off from their hometown to move to Brussels. Vicky as a law student and pirate radio DJ, Marc and Franky as two young Gendarmarie police recruits. But as their adulthood and careers in the big city commence, the trio risk losing their innocence and ideals as they find themselves caught in the middle of the horrifying events that shocked a generation and will come to leave a scar on the entire country.
This is the coming-of-age story of three unbreakfable friends loss of innocence, and that of a nation in its leaders. ‘1985' will make for a full-throttle trip back in time, keen on reminding us that the present is always informed by the past.
Walter Presents: ‘1985' will launch on Channel 4 on 16th September 2024 at midnight. It will be available as a full boxset from 13th September via C4 Streaming.
Walter Presents: 1985 (Channel 4, Tuesday, 17 September 2024)
The premiere episode of Walter Presents: 1985, an engaging Belgian coming-of-age drama series, is set to air on Channel 4 in the early hours of Tuesday morning. This episode coincides with the launch of the full series, available for streaming from Friday, 13 September.
Based on true events from the 1980s, the story takes place during a turbulent era in Brussels, marked by the reign of a murderous gang that instilled fear in the city.
Friends Marc De Vuyst and Franky Verhellen aspire to join the Belgian police’s elite gendarmes. However, their journey begins amidst a crisis within the corps, as Major Vernaillen uncovers a drug trafficking operation orchestrated by the high-ranking Commandant François, revealing deep-seated corruption.
Walter Presents: 1985 Series Premiere airs Tuesday, 17 September 2024, at 12:35 am on Channel 4, with the full series also available for streaming.
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Walter Presents: ‘1985’ to launch on Channel 4 in September
Walter Presents is bringing crime drama ‘1985' to Channel 4 in September it has been confirmed.
The series stars Tijmen Govaerts, Aimé Claeys, Mona Mina Leon, Peter Van Den Begin, Roda Fawaz, Tom Vermeier, Yoann Blanc, Titus De Voog and Guillaume Kerbusch. It is written by Willem Wallyn and directed by Wouter Bouvijn.
Set against the backdrop of Belgium’s most notorious unsolved crime spree, 1985 is about one of the darkest pages in Belguim’s history, marked by police corruption and crimes committed by the so-called ‘Brabant Killers’.
In 1980, best friends Marc (Tijmen Govaerts) and Franky (Aimé Claeys), and his sister Vicky (Mona Mina Leon), begin a new chapter of their lives, when they set off from their hometown to move to Brussels. Vicky as a law student and pirate radio DJ, Marc and Franky as two young Gendarmarie police recruits. But as their adulthood and careers in the big city commence, the trio risk losing their innocence and ideals as they find themselves caught in the middle of the horrifying events that shocked a generation and will come to leave a scar on the entire country.
This is the coming-of-age story of three unbreakfable friends loss of innocence, and that of a nation in its leaders. ‘1985' will make for a full-throttle trip back in time, keen on reminding us that the present is always informed by the past.
Walter Presents: ‘1985' will launch on Channel 4 on 16th September 2024 at midnight. It will be available as a full boxset from 13th September via C4 Streaming.
https://entertainment-focus.com/2024/08/06/walter-presents-1985-to-launch-on-channel-4-in-september/
Walter Presents: 1985 (Channel 4, Tuesday, 17 September 2024)
The premiere episode of Walter Presents: 1985, an engaging Belgian coming-of-age drama series, is set to air on Channel 4 in the early hours of Tuesday morning. This episode coincides with the launch of the full series, available for streaming from Friday, 13 September.
Based on true events from the 1980s, the story takes place during a turbulent era in Brussels, marked by the reign of a murderous gang that instilled fear in the city.
Friends Marc De Vuyst and Franky Verhellen aspire to join the Belgian police’s elite gendarmes. However, their journey begins amidst a crisis within the corps, as Major Vernaillen uncovers a drug trafficking operation orchestrated by the high-ranking Commandant François, revealing deep-seated corruption.
Walter Presents: 1985 Series Premiere airs Tuesday, 17 September 2024, at 12:35 am on Channel 4, with the full series also available for streaming.
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