Premium kids content producer Cottonwood Media, kids content creator Coolabi Productions, and ZDF Studios, along with leading broadcasters BBC, ZDF, and France Télévisions, are delighted to announce the new live-action tween detective series THE LADY GRACE MYSTERIES.

 With filming scheduled to take place in a British castle during spring 2025, THE LADY GRACE MYSTERIES is based on the best-selling children’s detective fiction series of the same name which first published in 2004.  Their immense popularity led to the publication of 12 titles in the series, multiple international editions, and over 300,000 books sold worldwide.

 THE LADY GRACE MYSTERIES (10 x 24’) is a Cottonwood Media and Coolabi Group production, in co-production with ZDF Studios. The series is commissioned by the BBC (for CBBC), and ZDF, with a pre-sale to France Télévisions.

Manon Ardisson, Head of Fiction at Cottonwood Media, and Lead Director Alexander Jacob (Managing Director for Cottonwood Media Ltd) will oversee the production.

Lead Writer is Emmy award-winning Anna McCleery.  Some of her key credits include Free Rein for NETFLIX,  A Kind of Spark for CBBC/BYU, and Hollyoaks (Channel 4).

THE LADY GRACE MYSTERIES, which targets 8 – 12 year olds, tells the story of Lady Grace Cavendish, the world’s first female teenage detective working as a private spy for Queen Elizabeth I and navigating the dangerous waters of royal politics in an English court full of plots, threats and mystery.  Orphaned but fearless, Grace has spent her youth outwitting palace guards, avoiding the responsibilities of being a lady-in-waiting, and most importantly, finessing the fine art of swiping jam tarts!   With her best friends – the savvy servant Ellie, and the dazzling performer Masou, at her side – she has to deal with the trials and tribulations of being a teenage girl, while investigating perilous mysteries.

Federation Kids & Family and ZDF Studios are handling worldwide sales.