BBC One drama New Blood to premiere exclusively on BBC iPlayer
Anthony Horowitz’s new seven-part investigative drama, New Blood, is to premiere exclusively on BBC iPlayer ahead of its transmission on BBC One. It will be the first prime time drama series to do so.
Produced by Eleventh Hour Films and directed by Anthony Philipson (Our Girl, Cuffs, 24 Hours In A&E), New Blood is a bold and surprising crime series. It sets out to show a unique side of modern London through the eyes of two outsiders, Stefan and Rash, junior investigators for the Serious Fraud Office and the police, who are brought together by two seemingly unrelated cases.
Charlotte Moore, Controller of BBC Television and iPlayer says: “BBC iPlayer was the first platform that brought drama on-demand to audiences and has continued to be at the centre of innovation. Anthony Horowitz is a master storyteller who has a unique ability to tell compelling stories that appeal to audiences of all ages. New Blood is the perfect fit to be the first prime time drama series to premiere on iPlayer and to help young audiences find a way to consume content online.”
Anthony Horowitz says: “We have to recognise that young people don’t watch TV the way we did, and it’s very much in the spirit of New Blood that the show will premiere on iPlayer. I couldn’t be happier that we’re going to be ‘out there’ on demand – it’s a great way to launch a show which is very much about the younger generation – before we settle into our seven-week, 9pm slot.”
Stefan and Rash are opposites in almost every way. What they do share are the same frustrations with life – underpaid, unappreciated and undermined. Lumbered with huge university loans, they can’t afford to buy a house and have little or no job security.
New Blood will see Stefan and Rash come up against the uber rich and powerful – corporations, individuals, governments and the new breed of criminals who hide behind legitimate facades and are guarded by lawyers.
As their friendship is cemented across the series, they come to understand that by quietly pooling resources and combining their different skills they make a formidable crime-solving force. And at the same time, they might be able to help each other up the promotional ladder – if they don’t get themselves fired along the way.
New Blood was commissioned by Charlotte Moore, Controller of BBC TV Channels and iPlayer, and Ben Stephenson, former Controller of BBC Drama. Jill Green is the executive producer for Eleventh Hour Films and Matthew Read for the BBC. The series producer is Eve Gutierrez.
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Brett says
One of the best to shows this year on bbc. Really great to have a fast paced great humoured deceive fraud combination . Well done hope there be some more episodes in 2017