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Living orders first drama
UK cabsat network Living has commissioned its first scripted drama, a “glossy” paranormal series for its 2011 line-up.
The channel, part of the BSkyB-owned Living TV Group, has previously relied on acquisitions for its drama slate but is changing gear with Bedlam (6×60′), a drama billed as a “sexy contemporary paranormal series.”
Red Production Company (Queer as Folk, Casanova) has signed on to produce the programme, which will air early next year.
Head of commissioning Mark Sammon and former ITV head of drama Jenny Reeks, who is acting as a consultant, will oversee production for Living. Nicola Shindler executive produces for Red, with Matthew Bird producing.
The plot centres on an apartment block converted from a pre-Victorian lunatic asylum, in which ghost come back to reclaim the property as their own. Charlotte Salt (The Tudors), Will Young (Skins) and Ashley Madekwe (Secret Diary of a Call Girl) are among the talent cast.
Living TV Group’s director of television Claudia Rosencrantz commissioned the series. She said: “We’ve been searching for ages for the right idea to launch Living into original drama, and Bedlam is the perfect fit. It’s sexy, stylish and truly scary.”