Inspector Lynley Series In The Works At BritBox International & ‘Wolf Hall’ Producer Playground
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Elizabeth George’s Inspector Lynley mysteries are being given a new lease of life. More than 15 years on from the closer of the BBC‘s mid-noughties adaptation, BritBox International, Wolf Hall producer Playground and Salt Films are developing Lynley, a new version, which is being penned by Sherlock writer Steve Thompson and directed by Ed Bazalgette.
Leo Suter (Vikings: Valhalla) and Sofia Barclay (Ted Lasso) are leading the adaptation, playing DI Thomas Lynley and DS Barbara Havers, an aristocratic police detective and maverick sergeant from a working class background.
Together, the mismatched duo become a formidable team, bonded by their desire to see justice done, while the series tackles issues around personality, gender and class.
BBC Studios is deficit financing and selling and Deadline is told deal terms with BritBox are still being figured out. We understand the BBC may acquire in the UK.
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