EXCLUSIVE: The BBC has bought Viaplay‘s Rebus reboot, following international streamer Viaplay’s decision to exit the UK.
In further news, we can reveal Australia’s SBS has also acquired the show from distributor Viaplay Content Distribution. Set in Edinburgh, the series stars Richard Rankin (Outlander) in the title role, playing a young John Rebus as a detective sergeant, who is drawn into a violent criminal conflict that turns personal when his brother Michael, a former soldier, crosses the line into criminality.
The show, based on Ian Rankin‘s novels and from Eleventh Hour Films, had originally been slated for Viaplay’s UK service, having been its first British commission back in November 2022.
However, it will now run exclusively on BBC Scotland, BBC One and BBC iPlayer this spring. Viaplay decided to pull out of the UK and several other territories following a brutal 202 and is selling its British business back to its previous owner, Premier Sports.
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