It’s been adapted brilliantly by Gaby, and we couldn’t ask for a more talented cast and team to bring it to life.” Executive Producers are Ed Rubin and Emma Broughton for New Regency, Marina Brackenbury and David W Zucker for Scott Free, Nathaniel Parker and Gaby Chiappe.Įd Rubin, Head of New Regency Television International said: “We are tremendously excited to be bringing Nicholas Blake’s gripping novel to the screen, as the first drama for New Regency Television out of the UK – and one of the first BritBox originals. The Beast Must Die is being directed by Dome Karukoski ( Tolkien, Tom of Finland), produced by Sarada McDermott ( Bridgerton, Official Secrets) and adapted for the screen by screenwriter Gaby Chiappe ( Their Finest, Shetland, Vera). Bafta, Golden Globe & Emmy nominated Jared Harris ( Chernobyl, The Crown, Mad Men) is also poised to star. Starring Cush Jumbo OBE ( The Good Wife, The Good Fight, Deadwater Fell), Billy Howle ( MotherFatherSon, On Chesil Beach) and Nathaniel Parker ( The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, The Outcast, Vanity Fair) and based on the novel by Nicholas Blake (pen name of Poet Laureate Cecil Day-Lewis CBE), The Beast Must Die tells the story of a grieving mother who infiltrates the life of the man she believes killed her son.

New Regency is also the international distributor on the production. The Beast Must Die, Crime and Magpie Murders will debut exclusively on the UK streamer.Īn original British five-part revenge thriller, The Beast Must Die is being produced by New Regency Television and Ridley Scott’s Scott Free. In addition to A Spy Among Friends the limited series based on the best-selling book written by Ben Macintyre and produced by ITV Studios’ BAFTA award-winner Patrick Spence (Fortitude, The Eddy), BritBox UK has greenlit a raft of scripted drama.

BritBox UK, the streaming service created by ITV and the BBC today confirmed four original commissions.

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