BritBox has struck a deal to take the upcoming psychological thriller series Gone from George Kay, the creator and writer behind the likes of Hijack, The Long Shadow and Lupin, for the U.S. and Canada. The drama star David Morrissey (Sherwood) and Eve Myles (Keeping Faith).
All3Media unveiled the deal on Wednesday as part of a raft of pre-sales during the London TV Screenings week in the British capital.
The six-part series, set to premiere in the U.K. on ITV this spring, centers on the disappearance of Sarah Polly, with suspicion quickly falling on her husband, local headmaster Michael, played by Morrissey. “Outwardly respectable and obsessively ordered, Michael finds his carefully controlled world unravelling when he comes up against Detective Annie Cassidy, portrayed by Eve Myles,” reads a synopsis. “What follows is an intense psychological duel, as Annie chips away at Michael’s composed exterior in a tense game of cat and mouse that threatens to expose what lies beneath.”
Beyond the central mystery, Gone also digs into themes of trauma, trust, and the long shadow cast by elite institutions.
Further pre-sales for Gone include deals with Norwegian public broadcaster NRK, Australian streaming service Stan, and Sky New Zealand, which will show the seeies on Three and stream it on ThreeNow.
Gone has also sold to BBC Studios for its drama streamer BBC First and its broad-based streamer BBC Player across Asia.
Kay created and is writing the drama, with Richard Laxton (Mrs Wilson, The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe) directing. The cast also includes Jennifer Macbeth, Arthur Hughes, Nicholas Nunn, Elliot Cowan, Billy Barratt, Rupert Evans, Jodie McNee, Oscar Batterham, and Clare Higgins.
The show, produced by New Pictures (The Long Shadow) in association with Kay’s Observatory Pictures, is partly inspired by the book To Hunt a Killer and the real-world work of former Detective Superintendent Julie Mackay and ITV crime correspondent Robert Murphy, both of whom serve as consultants on the series.
Other pre-sales on the upcoming, starring take in both top broadcast networks and streaming services in Australia, New Zealand, Asia and Europe.
