Viaplay, Virgin Media book The Holiday

NENT-owned Nordic streamer Viaplay and Irish broadcaster Virgin Media TV have acquired the rights to forthcoming drama series The Holiday, commissioned by UK broadcaster Channel 5.

Jill Halfpenny

The deals are the first for the 4×60’ series, which is based on the bestselling book series by TM Logan which is set in a Mediterranean villa where a group of families on holiday are torn apart by suspicion.

Jill Halfpenny (The Drowning, Liar) and Owen McDonnell (Killing Eve, The Bay) have been confirmed in the lead roles.

The show is a coproduction between NENT Studios UK, UK prodcos Projector Pictures and Clapperboard Studios and German producer Night Train Media.

The exec producers of the show are Dave Clarke for NENT Studios UK, Rachel Gesua and Trevor Eve for Projector Pictures, Mike Benson for Clapperboard Studios, Herbert Kloiber and Olivia Pahl for Night Train Media.

Viaplay will show the series in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the Nordics as a Viaplay Original. NENT Studios UK distributes internationally and agreed the deal with Viaplay and Virgin Media.