London – STUDIOCANAL arrives at MIPTV 2017 with a diverse wealth of primetime drama content for global broadcasters and platforms. Selected to be featured at the exclusive MIP Drama Screenings is RIDE UPON THE STORM, the much-anticipated new series from Borgen creator and BAFTA winner Adam Price, produced by Denmark’s DR Drama in co-production with ARTE France and SAM le Français. Adam Price has turned his attention to the concept of faith and religion and how it affects our lives in this modern, character-led story produced by Camilla Hammerich (Borgen) and starring Lars Mikkelsen (House of Cards).
Inspired by epic biblical tales, the drama centres on a family of priests: Johannes (Mikkelsen) and Elisabeth (Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, The Killing) and their two sons August (Morten Hee Andersen) and Christian (Simon Sears). STUDIOCANAL will launch season one (10 x 1-hour) at MIPTV – which broadcasts on DR1 in the fall – with a second 10 x 1-hour season already commissioned to air in 2018.
The nerve-racking eight-part crime thriller BELOW THE SURFACE will showcase to the international market following its recent world premiere as part of the Berlinale Special Series. Created by Søren Frellesen and Jesper Malmose from an original idea by Adam Price and Jesper Malmose, the new ten-part drama series SOMETHING’S ROCKIN’ produced by SAM Productions for TV 2 Denmark, coproduced by Sweden’s TV 4, is inspired by real events and tells the fascinating story of the birth, rise and fall of Radio Mercur, a revolutionary pirate radio station founded by a small group of music-loving dreamers in the late 1950s. SOMETHING’S ROCKIN’ launched last week on Denmark’s TV2 Charlie where it set an historic viewership record for the channel. With a 23% share (audiences 3+), SOMETHING’S ROCKIN’ was the primetime winner, outperforming both TV 2 and DR.
From the UK’s RED Production Company for BBC One is TRUST ME, a four-part, character-led drama written by Dan Sefton (Mr Selfridge, The Five) and executive produced by Nicola Shindler. Set in Edinburgh, TRUST ME tells the story of Cath (Jodie Whittaker, Broadchurch), a hardworking and skilled nurse who loses her job for whistleblowing.
Combining universal themes of a complex mystery, murder and secret love, THE TEACH, the very first original production for CANAL+ Poland (NC+), is an enthralling crime thriller set in the beautiful Polish woodlands of Dobrowice. From renowned Italian director Carmine Elia (Il Sistema) comes LA PORTA ROSSA, a 12-part intriguing crime thriller for RAI 2 with a supernatural twist, starring Lino Guanciale (L’allieva), Gabriella Pession (Crossing Lines) and Valentina Romani (Un bacio). In a building on the outskirts of town, Police Commissioner Cagliostro (Guanciale) takes in the scene before him: a man lies dead on the floor.
