Channel 5 Hails ‘Black Cab’; The Garden Hires; Ealing Studios Expansion; Catherine Martin Award; Sky Comedy Rep — Global Briefs
deadline.comChannel 5 Hails ‘Black Cab’ With Robert Glenister, Suzanne Packer & Sean Pertwee Paramount’s UK terrestrial network Channel 5 has unveiled a four-part thriller, Black Cab, with Robert Glenister (Sherwood) , Suzanne Packer (In My Skin) and Sean Pertwee (Dog Soldiers, Gotham) starring.
The contemporary thriller, produced by Story Films in association with All3Media International, will air next year. Black Cab will follow Glenister as a down-and-out Liverpool taxi driver, who begins to form an unhealthy obsession and twisted sense of world view of a late-night radio talk show host (Pertwee).
Nick Saltrese (A Prayer Before Dawn) has penned the series and Diarmuid Goggins (Kin, Bulletproof) is the director, with Alex Jones (Penance, Witness No.
3) producing. All3Media International will handle global distribution. ‘Squid Game: The Challenge’ Producer The Garden Hires Exec Duo ITV Studios-backed Squid Game: The Challenge producer The Garden has signed Small Axe associate producer Helen Bart and Celebrity Race Across the World exec Jo Harcourt-Smith to support an expanded slate.
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