EXCLUSIVE: Sky Studios has put in development a comedy series about medieval Essex from The Great writer Ava Pickett and Big Talk Studios.
Pickett, who is also penning the BBC’s Prêt-à-Porter adaptation, is behind Welcome to England, which we have learned is in early-stage development with The Outlaws maker Big Talk for Sky Studios.
Described as “The Great meets Shameless with a dash of Game Of Thrones,” Welcome to England is set in medieval Essex in the 10th century.
Surrounded by war and bloodshed, the comedy focuses on a royal family including Evelyn, whose psychopathic and infuriating 15-year-old brother Aethelred has just become king.
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