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Hulu, ITV visit brothel drama

US streamer Hulu has linked up with UK commercial broadcaster ITV on an eight-part drama set in an 18th century brothel.

Moira Buffini

Moira Buffini

Harlots has been ordered straight-to-series and will air on ITV Encore in the UK and stream exclusively in the US as part of the Hulu Originals slate.

It will be produced by UK-based Monumental Pictures and is described as “a powerful family drama” that will be based on the stories of real women, one of whom is a mother and brothel owner.

Writer Moira Buffini (Jane Eyre, Tamara Drewe) has created the show with Alison Newman and marks the first commission for Monumental, which was founded by Oscar-nominated producers Alison Owen (Suffragette, Tulip Fever) and Debra Hayward (Bridget Jones’s Baby, Les Misérables).

The series will begin filming in London in June and will be directed by Coky Giedroyc (What Remains, Penny Dreadful) and China Moo-Young (Thirteen, Humans).

The deal was negotiated by ITV Studios Global Entertainment, which will distribute the drama internationally.

wolf_creekITV’s controller of drama Victoria Fea said the show “is an exploration of family, power and brutal economics in a vibrant booming world full of colour and noise.”

Hulu has been ramping up its originals plans lately, ordering a thriller starring Hugh Laurie in January. It also revealed plans for a live TV service this month.

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