BBC Worldwide has sold acclaimed crime drama “McMafia” in China, the latest in a raft of British drama sales secured in the past three months. The announcement came ahead of the broadcaster’s annual showcase event in Liverpool, England, which runs Feb. 18-21.
“McMafia,” which stars James Norton, Juliet Rylance and David Strathairn, will be available to Chinese audiences after advertising-supported and subscription VOD deals were agreed with local IPTV service providers OPG and Youku. The show will be retitled “The Godmans” in China. BBC Worldwide also announced the show had been sold to Swedish national public broadcaster SVT, which took linear broadcast rights.
Source and more: Variety
With McMafia already expected to clinch a second season, the deal moves the AMC/BBC series closer to renewal. Stay tuned…
Karen says
This is crazy! It doesn’t even show the first episode until Feb 25th on AMC.
I have already DVR Episode, so how can you already be talking about “cancellation”?
This makes me NOT want to watch it and really like it, and then you pull it!!
Just don’t understand.