‘Peaky Blinders’ Creator Steven Knight’s ‘Rogue Heroes’ Acquired by Canal Plus (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comNaman Ramachandran In a major deal that lit up the concluding hours of MipTV 2022, Canal Plus acquired BBC series “Rogue Heroes.” Produced by Kudos and Nebulastar for the BBC, and titled “SAS Rogue Heroes” in the U.K.
market, the series developed for television and written by Steven Knight (“Peaky Blinders”), is a dramatized account of how British Special Forces unit, the SAS, was formed under extraordinary circumstances in the darkest days of WWII.
In a deal negotiated by Isabelle Queme, senior VP French-speaking Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Banijay Rights, “Rogue Heroes” has been picked up by Canal Plus in France and for all Canal Plus territories around the world to broadcast in late 2022.
The agreement follows Epix’s acquisition of the drama for the U.S. in 2021 and further sales to HBO Max in Europe, Prime Video in Canada and SBS in Australia in early 2022.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.
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