BRITBOX ORIGINAL CRIME THRILLERS, PAYBACK, STARRING PETER MULLAN & MORVEN CHRISTIE AND THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT, LED BY TIMOTHY SPALL, HEADLINE BRITBOX’S OCTOBER LINEUP

“Flowers” from ‘White Lotus’ Star Will Sharpe and Starring Oscar Winner Olivia Colman Also Set to Join the Platform This Month

September 25, 2023 – Autumn is upon us and BritBox, the world leader in British streaming, is continuing to bring the best of British telly to fans with a robust slate of original, exclusive, and returning programming for all to enjoy. Headlining the month’s platform debuts are BritBox Original titles Payback , a six-part crime thriller debuting 10/19, from the team behind Line of Duty and starring Morven Christie (Grantchester, The Bay) and Peter Mullan (Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Mum), and true crime The Sixth Commandment featuring Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner, Hatton Garden Heist), debuting on October 4.

Additionally, the streamer will add must-see titles including The Night Manager, the adaptation of John le Carré’s best-selling spy novel starring Tom Hiddleston (Loki) and Hugh Laurie (Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? ), on October 12 and Flowers S1 & S2, a dark comedy series from White Lotus star Will Sharpe, starring Academy Award winner Olivia Colman about the dysfunctional members of the Flowers family, on October 24.
 

Full listings below:

• October 12, 2023: The Night Manager | New to BritBox | 6 x 60’ | All at Once
  In this contemporary interpretation of John le Carré’s best-selling spy novel, The Night Manager follows hotel manager Jonathan Pine (Tom Hiddleston, Loki) in his quest to bring down international arms dealer Richard Roper (Hugh Laurie, Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? ). Pine, a former soldier, is thrust into a world of international intrigue when he is recruited by a British intelligence officer (Olivia Colman, The Favourite) to infiltrate Roper’s inner circle. To get to the heart of Roper’s vast empire, Pine must withstand the allure of his beautiful girlfriend Jed (Elizabeth Debicki, The Crown) and the suspicious interrogations of his venal chief of staff Major Corkoran (Tom Hollander, Rev ). In his quest to do the right thing, Pine must first become a criminal himself.
  
• October 4, 2023: The Sixth Commandment | North American Premiere, BritBox Original, BritBox Exclusive | 4 x 60’ | All at Once
  The Sixth Commandment tells the story of how the meeting of an inspirational teacher, Peter Farquhar (Timothy Spall, Hatton Garden Heist ), and a charismatic young student, Ben Field (Éanna Hardwicke, Normal People), who bonded over their love of books and involvement with the Church of England, set the stage for one of the most complex and confounding criminal cases in recent memory.
  
• October 10, 2023: Lost in Austen | Returning to BritBox | 4 x 60’| All at Once
  A twist on Jane Austen’s classic novel sees disillusioned modern working girl Amanda Price ‘swap’ her life for Austen’s celebrated heroine, Elizabeth Bennet. Trapped in the unfolding fiction, Amanda must try her utmost to fit in among the Bennets, Bingleys and Darcys, but her presence in the characters’ lives sets unforeseen complications in motion.
  
• October 12, 2023: Code Blue Murder S2 | North American Premiere | 2 x 60’ | All at Once
  With extraordinary access to the detectives of the South Wales Police Major Crime team, Code Blue takes viewers to the heart of major murder investigations, following the twists and turns of complex inquiries and the impact on victims’ families and friends. We get inside the minds of detectives as they make life changing decisions and build the case in their quest for justice.
  
• October 16, 2023: The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe: The Real Story | NA Premiere |1 x 60’ | Movie
  ​The bizarre true story – recently brought to life in the hit BritBox drama – of fraudster John Darwin, who faked his own death in a canoeing accident to escape financial trouble, before attempting to start a new life with his wife, Anne, in Panama.
  
• October 17, 2023: This Farming Life S6 | New to BritBox, BritBox Exclusive | 6 x 60′ | Weekly
  Not just a job, a way of life. This warm, compelling series weaves intimate personal stories with the dramatic events that make up life on a farm, with families carving out a living in some of Britain’s most beautiful landscapes.
  
• October 19, 2023: Payback | BritBox Original, North America, BritBox Exclusive | 6 x 60’ | 3 Episode Premiere, then Weekly
  Starring Morven Christie (The Bay ) and Peter Mullan (Mum ), the six-part crime thriller tells the story of a woman who becomes entangled in a police investigation into a dangerous crime lord. Created by Debbie O’Malley, whose writing credits include Call the Midwife, Humans and Harlots, the drama is produced by Jed Mercurio’s HTM Television, with the Line of Duty showrunner also acting as an executive producer. The six-part crime thriller follows Lexie Noble (Christie), who gets mixed up in a perilous police operation to bring down a notorious crime lord, Cal Morris (Mullan). With an idyllic family lifestyle in the suburbs of Edinburgh, Lexie is unaware her husband, Jared, has been laundering Cal Morris’ illegal earnings on a vast scale. Jared’s every move is being monitored by financial investigators DC Jibran Khan (Prasanna Puwanarajah, Ten Percent) and DCI Adam Guthrie (Derek Riddell, Happy Valley), who are determined to use the Noble family to bring Cal Morris to justice.
  
• October 24, 2023: Flowers S1 & S2 | New to BritBox | 6 x 30’ | All at Once
  Starring Olivia Colman, this dark, imaginative comedy follows the eccentric and dysfunctional members of the Flowers family. Maurice, author of a children’s book series, and his wife, Deborah, a music teacher, have a troubled relationship. Maurice struggles with inner demons and dark secrets, while Deborah becomes increasingly suspicious that Maurice is in a secret relationship with Shun, the man who illustrates Maurice’s books. The couple are parents to 25-year-old maladjusted twins, who are both competing for the attention of a neighbour.
  
• October 27, 2023: Rebus 2-4 | New to BritBox | S2: 2 x 90’, S3-4: 4 x 90’ | All at Once
  Based on the novels by Ian Rankin, this gritty crime drama stars Laurence and Olivier Award winner Ken Stott (The Hobbit) as gruff Scottish detective John Rebus. The world-weary policeman investigates the grisly crimes that mar Edinburgh’s historic streets in these sharply written and intricately plotted mysteries.
  
• October 30, 2023: Being Human S1-5 I New to BritBox | S1: 7 x 60’, S2-4: 8 x 60’ | All at Once
  Multi award-winning supernatural drama, Being Human follows the lives of three twentysomethings and their secret double lives – as a werewolf, a vampire and a ghost. This witty, sexy and thrilling series combines elements of flatshare comedy drama with horror. Breaking the mold for horror and fantasy drama, Being Human is unmissable cult television with a wide appeal across both a core young audience and older fans. As they continue their search for their lost humanity, once again a threat lurks around every corner.
  

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