First Pics Land Of Tom Hollander & Niamh Algar In Sky’s ‘The Iris Affair’; ‘White Man Walking’ To Storyville; BBC Adapting ‘Crookhaven’; Adam Curtis Unveils Next Project; ‘Patience’ Season 2 – Global Briefs

First Pics Land Of Tom Hollander & Niamh Algar In Sky‘s ‘The Iris Affair‘

First pics have landed of Tom Hollander and Niamh Algar in Sky’s The Iris Affair from Neil Cross. The tense thriller follows enigmatic genius Iris Nixon (Algar), who cracks a string of complex online puzzles and is led to a piazza in Florence where she meets charismatic entrepreneur Cameron Beck (Hollander). He invites her to come and work for him to unlock a powerful and top-secret piece of technology. The show comes from the creator of Luther and is one of Sky’s buzziest upcoming dramas. More pics can be viewed below. It is made by Sky Studios and Fremantle. The Iris Affair will launch later this year.

BBC Adapting ‘Crookhaven’

The BBC is adapting J.J. Arcanjo’s Crookhaven as a kids TV series. The family adventure show is set at mysterious Crookhaven School where high achieving young crooks from across the world are secretly selected to hone their skills in disciplines such as deception, crimnastics, forgery and infiltration. It follows high-profile BBC kids adaptations of The Famous Five and Oliver. BBC Studios is producing. “I have always aimed to excite and inspire the young readers who pick up my books, but also the parents and grandparents who journey with them to my worlds and the TV series aligns perfectly with that,” said Arcanjo. “Together with BBC Children’s and Education we have created a fun family show filled with humour, heart and plenty of clever twists.”

‘White Man Walking’ Doc Heads To Storyville

A feature doc following a white filmmaker walking across America wearing a Black Lives Matter t-shirt has been picked up by BBC Storyville. Osun Group is producing White Man Walking, which charts the progress of Rob Bliss as he confronts hostility, armed Trump supporters and moments of connection along the way. Ahead of its UK premiere, European broadcaster ARTE has acquired rights for France and Germany, with a broadcast scheduled for June 8. Mediawan Rights is managing worldwide sales for all other territories. The doc will land on the fifth anniversary of the death of George Floyd, which sparked the global Black Lives Matter protests. Osun Group founder and EP Luti Fagbenle said: “White Man Walking is a rare and necessary film: a white man confronting racism not in theory, but face to face, in the streets. Racism isn’t just a Black burden to carry. It’s a system built and sustained by white silence. The film is a rare attempt to step into that silence and speak—to other white people with the message – Black Lives Matter.”

Adam Curtis Unveils Next Project

Celebrated documentarian Adam Curtis’ latest BBC project will chart how extreme money and hyper-individualism came together in an unspoken alliance in Britain over four decades. Shifty aims to show how together these issues undermined one of the fundamental structures of mass democracy – that it could create a shared idea of what was real. Four-time BAFTA-winner Curtis has previously made Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone and HyperNormalisation for the BBC. The films “tell the story of the rise of that unstable and confusing world from the 1980s to now,” said the BBC.

‘Patience’ Renewed For Season 2 At Channel 4

Channel 4’s Patience has been renewed for an extended eight episode second season. Jessica Hynes has joined the cast of the series about a young autistic archivist who works in the police criminal records department of City of York Police after establishing herself as an invaluable member of the team. Hynes plays Detective Frankie Monroe, who brings a very different management style proving tricky for them both to navigate. The show is produced by Walter Iuzzolino’s Eagle Eye Drama. “We’re so proud of Patience’s success in the UK and the extended recommission is a real testament to the quality of our cast and talented crew, guided by our outstanding director Maarten Moerkerke,” said Jo McGrath, Chief Creative Officer at Eagle Eye.