Banijay Rights announced further landmark sales of "Rogue Heroes" following the gripping World War Two drama’s renewal by the BBC. In deals negotiated across the Banijay Rights global sales team, the first season of "Rogue Heroes" has been picked up by Wing Sight Culture & Media Co for streaming in China and Starzplay in the Middle East. Meanwhile, TVNZ in New Zealand, Paramount+ in Germany, and DIRECTV in Latin America have all acquired the series.
These new agreements follow previous drama sales to premium network EPIX (soon to be known as MGM+) for the US, HBO Max in Europe, Prime Video in Canada, SBS in Australia, and Canal+ in France. Produced by Kudos and Nebulastar for the BBC and entitled "SAS Rogue Heroes" in the UK market, the series is a dramatized account of how the world’s greatest Special Forces unit, the SAS, was formed under extraordinary circumstances in the darkest days of World War Two. Commissioned by the BBC, "SAS Rogue Heroes" premiered on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in the UK in October 2022. Filming on season two will take place in 2023. Banijay Rights is also a global distributor for "This Town," a major upcoming six-part BBC drama from Steven Knight and Kudos that tells the story of a family and four young people who are drawn into the world of ska and two-tone music.
Cathy Payne, CEO of Banijay Rights, said: “These latest global deals cap off an exceptional couple of months for Rogue Heroes, with a recent BBC renewal a fantastic way to end the year. We’re excited to extend the reach of Steven Knight’s and Kudos’ epic drama to several new territories, including China and the Middle East, for the very first time.”
Martin Haines, Joint MD, Kudos, said: “The series has been a huge global hit, with audiences captivated by the incredible world that Steven Knight has brought to life for our Rogue Heroes. We’re thrilled that even more people will now get the chance to watch.”
Rogue Heroes was developed for television and written by Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders, Taboo, A Christmas Carol) and is directed by Tom Shankland (The Serpent, The Missing), with Stephen Smallwood (The Serpent, Patrick Melrose) as producer. Knight also executive produces the series alongside Karen Wilson, Martin Haines, and Emma Kingsman-Lloyd for Kudos and Tommy Bulfin for the BBC. Based on Ben Macintyre’s best-selling book, "Rogue Heroes" centers on David Stirling, an eccentric young officer who is hospitalized after a training exercise gone wrong. Convinced that traditional commando units don’t work, Stirling creates a radical plan that flies in the face of all accepted rules of modern warfare. He fights for permission to recruit the toughest, boldest, and brightest soldiers for a small undercover unit that will create mayhem behind enemy lines. More rebels than soldiers, Stirling’s team is every bit as complicated, flawed, and reckless as it is brave and heroic.
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