BBC Adapting Caleb Azumah Nelson’s Buzzy Debut ‘Open Water’ For TV As Drama Boss Lindsay Salt Says She Wants The Next Big Crime Show
deadline.comThe BBC has landed on what it hopes will be its next big adaptation, a TV series version of Caleb Azumah Nelson‘s buzzy debut Open Water, while drama boss Lindsay Salt has outlined ambitions for a new crime show that “tests the boundaries.” Open Water follows Marcus and Effie.
From the moment they meet, they feel an immediate, undeniable connection. But, as Marcus soon learns, Effie is in a relationship with Marcus’ friend Samuel.
It’s a boundary that Marcus is unwilling to cross, but a shared project, photographing and documenting Black creatives in London, draws them into each other’s orbit.
Banijay-backed Mam Tor, which is also producing Richard Gadd’s next project, is making the series alongside Newen Studios-backed B-Side Productions, with Nelson serving as the drama’s lead writer, director and executive producer.
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