EXCLUSIVE: The BBC has mined the 1960s and 1970s for its award-winning A Very English Scandal strand but, for the next one, viewers could be treated to a modern-day saga they are slightly more familiar with.
Deadline can reveal that a retelling of the Wagatha Christie drama is in early stage development as the third instalment of the hit series and Paramount+’s Flatshare scribe Rose Lewenstein is attached.
The show once again comes from Sony-backed Blueprint Pictures and was initially rumored to be penned by Poldark writer Debbie Horsefield before Lewenstein came on board.
The as-yet-untitled latest in the Scandal series, which Deadline understands is one of a number of stories being considered, will cover one of the hottest British legal disputes of the past few years and comes fresh off the back of a Channel 4 factual drama titled Vardy vs Rooney: A Courtroom Drama and a soon-to-launch Disney+ doc on the affair.
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