Drama News & New Dramas
BBC Studios has launched new label for crime, mystery, thriller stories
Called CliffEdge Entertainment, the label will focus on crime dramas and will house existing series such as Silent Witness, Father Brown and Shakespeare & Hathaway. Its upcoming productions include a Welsh romantic thriller The Night They Vanished and The Detection Club, which is currently in production for the BBC and BritBox. CliffEdge Entertainment content will be available for UK broadcasters, streamers and international markets.
Vigil goes cold in Series 3, now on BBC iPlayer
The six-part series was filmed in Svalbard and Scotland. DCI Amy Silva (Suranne Jones) and DI Kirsten Longacre (Rose Leslie) travel to a remote Arctic research station, where a British special forces member has been shot dead. As they investigate, they face a potential international confrontation, as different nations compete for control of the Arctic and its resources in the changing polar climate.
Crime drama Smilla’s Sense of Snow will debut in U.S. and Canada on AMC+
AMC Global Media, ITV Studios and Constantin Film announced the distribution agreement. The series should debut in Fall 2026. The modern adaptation of a best-selling novel stars Filippa Coster-Waldau, Elyas M’Barek and Henry Lloyd-Hughes. The story takes place in Copenhagen in 2040. Smilla Jaspersen looks into the death of a friend. Her search takes her to Greenland and the middle of a political power struggle.
