Drama on 4 and Walter Presents Sponsorship Opportunity Jan-Dec 2021 A word from Channel 4’s head of Drama
We are so excited to be back in production with a raft of brilliant new dramas. Highlights will include IT’S A SIN by Russell T Davies starring Keeley Hawes and Olly Alexander (lead singer of Years and Years) – an outspoken, entertaining and heart-breaking drama about a gang of friends living it up in London in the 80s, against the backdrop of the HIV epidemic. We also have the 4th series of ACKLEY BRIDGE, returning with a new cast, and a brand new 30’ format to better reflect the way young people consume TV.
BEFORE WE DIE, starring Lesley Sharpe is an edge-of-your-seat police thriller about a female police officer whose son goes undercover in a dangerous crime family - a remake of the highly successful Swedish series. But the jewel in the crown is 90s set true crime drama MY NAME IS LIZZIE starring Niamh Algar and Eddie Marsan, a series about the botched investigation into the murder of Rachel Nickell. CLOSE TO ME, starring Connie Nielson and Christopher Eccleston, a psychological thriller about a woman who must piece together the truth of the last missing year of her life after a fall down the stairs (or was she pushed?) Finally we’ve got the first terrestrial UK broadcast of THE GREAT, starring Elle Fanning and ex-Skins star Nicholas Hoult, a high-octane, outrageous, feminist take on the young life of Catherine the Great, by the writer of The Favourite. The series has been a big hit in the US on Hulu. These dramas are bold, fearless and all have something to say about who we are today. But they are also hooky and entertaining, with recognisable stars. Audiences are incredibly important to us at Channel 4 and our ambition is to make a splash!
Caroline Hollick. Head of Drama, Channel 4 Why Drama on 4 and Walter Presents?
• Content attracting a desirable audience. • More upmarket than commercial TV average.
• Delivering scale. • Predicted to reach almost 30million Adults in 2021.
• Consistent presence throughout the year. • Across Channel 4, More 4, E4 and All 4.
• Huge names. Award winning actors, writers and directors. • Elle Fanning, Nicholas Holt, Suranne Jones, Stephen Fry, Christopher Ecclestone, Elizabeth Moss
• Substantial channel backing. • Stand out marketing both on and off screen.
• Access to the best in drama from around the globe. • Walter Presents show stopping content. Backed by the best marketing in the business…
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2020 examples of marketing support The 2021 schedule Jan Feb March April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
It’s a Sin Ackley Bridge S4 I am My Name is Lizzie 4x60 10x30 3x60 4x60
The Great The Handmaid's Tale S4 Close to Me 9x60 10x60 6x60
Ramy 9x30
The Good Fight Year 4 New Amsterdam 6x60 18x60
The Coroner 7x60
Batwoman 11x60 Angel 50x60 Supernatural 20x60 Year Long
Rebecka Martinson The Crimson River S2 Trauma Seizure 8x60 8X60 6x90 8x60 The Pleasure Principal Rocco Shiavone: Ice Cold Murders 10x60 12x60 Mountain Rescue 10x60
Year Long
Programming and schedule are confidential and subject to change 2021 Programming It’s a Sin
4x60. C4 Peak From multi-award winning writer Russell T. Davies (Queer As Folk), Its a sin follows the story of the 1980’s, the story of AIDS and the story of 3 friends across the decade. Unsurprisingly, Russell has assembled an all star cast, including Steven Fry, Olly Alexander, Neil Patrick Harris and Keeley Hawes.
It’s 1981, the start of a new decade and Ritchie (Alexander), Roscoe and Colin begin a new life in London. Strangers at first, these young gay lads, and their best friend Jill, find themselves thrown together, and soon share each other’s adventures.
But a new virus is on the rise, and soon their lives will be tested in ways they never imagined. As the decade passes, and they grow up in the shadow of AIDS, they’re determined to live and love more fiercely than ever. Programming is confidential and subject to change The Great 9x60. C4 Peak The Great is a satirical, comedic drama about the rise of Catherine the Great from outsider to the longest reigning female ruler in Russia’s history. It’s modern love story that incorporates historical facts, occasionally.
It is the fictionalised, fun and anachronistic story of an idealistic, romantic young girl (Elle Fanning), who arrives in Russia for an arranged marriage to the mercurial Emperor Peter (Nicholas Hoult). Hoping for love and sunshine, she finds instead a dangerous, depraved, backward world that she resolves to change. All she has to do is kill her husband, beat the church, baffle the military and get the court onside. Phoebe Fox, Adam Godley, Gwilym Lee, Charity Wakefield, Douglas Hodge, Sacha Dhawan, Sebastian de Souza, Bayo Gbadamosi and Belinda Bromilow complete the cast.
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Ramy 9x30. C4 Peak
Starring stand up comedian Ramy Youseff as the main protagonist, Ramy is a first generation Egyptian- American who is on a spiritual journey in his politically-divided New Jersey neighbourhood.
Ramy will bring a new perspective to our screens as it explores the challenges of what it’s like being caught between a Muslim community that thinks life is a moral test and a millennial generation that thinks life has no consequences.
Programming is confidential and subject to change Ackley Bridge 10x30. C4 Peak
Series 4 will return in a new format of 10x30 – launching around the back to school period after the Easter half term in April 2021.
Nas is still coming to terms with the death of her best friend Poppy. With series 3 ending as she was leaving Ackley Bridge for Oxford University, after a sudden intervention meant her original rejection from the University was overturned.
Programming is confidential and subject to change I Am… 3x60. C4 Peak ‘I Am…’ are one off stories that explore the experience of three women in moments.
Each episode of the three-part series will be developed and written by Dominic Savage in collaboration with the leading actor – for whom, in each case, the story will have personal resonance. This will be an authentic and thought-provoking series exploring contemporary female experiences and themes, including trust, relationships and mental health. Featuring improvised dialogue, the trilogy will draw these deeply personal themes out through moments of emotion, intimacy and anxiety.
The 2021 stories will be written and starred by Suranne Jones, Letitia Wright and Jodie Whittaker.
Programming is confidential and subject to change The Handmaid’s Tale 10x60. C4 Peak
The multi-award winning, international smash hit, The Handmaid’s Tale will return for a 4th series in 2021.
Elisabeth Moss will reprise her mesmerising role of June Osbourne following the explosive ending to series 3, which saw June help dozens of children, Marthas and Handmaids escape. Whilst she didn’t leave herself, she may now be in the perfect position to take Gilead down from in the inside.
Programming is confidential and subject to change My name is Lizzie 4x60. C4 Peak Channel 4 has commissioned My Name is Lizzie, a new 4X60 drama written by Emilia di Girolamo (The Tunnel) and examines the high-pressure investigation into the devastating murder of Rachel Nickell in 1992. Examining the complicated and toxic sexual politics of the early ‘90s and the police’s obsession with the wrong man, My Name is Lizzie enters a dysfunctional world, where a female undercover officer, codename ‘Lizzie James’, is asked to become sexual bait for a suspected killer
Programming is confidential and subject to change Close to me 6x60. C4 Peak Close to Me is the first fruit from NENT Studios UK’s content deal with The Development Partnership (TDP), which was created to make high-end dramas for the international market.
The adaptation comes from author Amanda Reynolds’s 2017 novel and follows a woman who slowly realises her seemingly perfect life may not have been all it seemed after losing a year’s worth of memories following a fall. Danish actress Connie Nielsen (Wonder Woman) will play the lead role, with Christopher Eccelstone (Doctor Who; The A Word) playing her husband.
Programming is confidential and subject to change New & Returning favourites on E4 & More 4
Angel 50x60 Supernatural. Batwoman 10x60 S14. 20x60
The Good Fight The Coroner 7x60 New Amsterdam S4. 9x60 S2. 18x60
Programming is confidential and subject to change
The rise and rise of Walter Presents
Views since Views 130M launch in 2016 24 Viewer O&O
Big Screen 64% Viewing 53% 47% Female Male Mobile 26% Viewing 55 79% +16.3% YoY for WP & Drama Avg Age ABC1 What is Walter Presents? Press Play to hear from the man himself!
Walter Presents is a curated on-demand service offering original, exclusive, award winning dramas from around the world. They are selected by one man with a passion for great drama, having watched thousands of hours of content in order to select the very best for Walter Presents – that man is Walter Iuzzolino.
Since its launch in 2016, Walter Presents has attracted a loyal, upmarket audience that to date has delivered over 130 million views on All 4.
2021 is shaping up to be the biggest and best year yet. With established favourites such as Rebecka Martinsson , Crimson Rivers and Deutschland 89 returning alongside a whole raft of new selections.
As well as the hundreds of hours available to view on All4, there is also one series launch per month on Channel 4 that then directs viewers to All 4 for the rest of the series. We also select key titles that get full runs on More 4.
Who better to tell you more about what’s coming up next year than the man himself… (click slide to play)
Please note that Walter Presents programming requires separate sponsorship creative. Walter Presents – 2021 programming
Premiere Launches All the Sins S1&2 11 x 60 Finland All 4 only Deliver Us 8 x 60 Denmark Deutschland 89 8 x 60 Germany Face to Face 4 x 60 Denmark Amsterdam Vice 8 x 60 Netherlands Bullets 10 x 60 Finland The Hunter 12 x 60 Italy Monster 7 x 60 Norway When Dust Settles 10 x 60 Denmark Box 21 6 x 60 Romania Gold Diggers 8 x 60 Russia The Inner Circle 8 x 60 Sweden The Devils Throat 12 x 60 Bulgaria Plus back catalogue of numerous series Witch Hunt 8 x 60 Norway Four Strangers 6 x 60 Croatia Full series run and available on More 4 Mountain Rescue 10 x 60 Denmark Pleasure Principle 10 x 60 Poland Rebecka Martinsson S2 8 x 60 Sweden The Crimson Rivers S2 8 x 60 France Rocco Shiavone 12 x 60 Italy Trauma 6 x 60 France Seizure 8 x 60 Norway See appendix for further details Drama on 4 attracts a more upmarket audience
Commercial TV Average Drama on 4 All 4 Drama Genre
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ABC1 C2DE 16-34 35-44 45-54 55+ Men Women
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43.2 44.7 40.9 40.6 40.3 38.9 37.1
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Adults ABC1 Adults ABC1 Men ABC1 Women ABC1 35-54 AB Men 16-34 Adults
OTS 21.8 20.7 19.3 21.8 20.7 16.4 16.3
Source: BARB/Sponsorship module, prediction based on similar drama programming from 2020 across C4, M4 & E4. Total of 290 episodes included, based on ABC1 TVRs. Drama on 4 License Subject to additional investment Use of ‘Sponsors of Drama on 4’ logo Subject to further investment, you can have the right to use the ‘Sponsors of Drama on 4’ logo. Examples of use include but are not limited to:
• Across your own social media accounts • On above / below the line marketing materials • On your website • Customer communication materials • Employee newsletters and communications • Within Consumer and Trade PR £XXk net per annum (contact your 4 Sales rep for exact pricing details) Sponsors of NB: This does not include the right to Drama on reference to individual programmes All use subject to Channel 4’s written approval Summary & Investment 2021 Programming Summary
It’s a Sin 4x60 Batwoman 10x60 The Great 9x60 Angel 50x60 Supernatural 20x60 Ackley Bridge 10x30 I Am… 3x60 Ramy 9x30 Year round Drama on ALL4 My name is Lizzie 4x60 Close to me 6x60 Rebeckah Martinnsson S2 8x60 The Pleasure Principle 10x60 Mountain Rescue 10x60 Crimson River 8x60 Rocco Shiavone 12x60 Trauma 6x90 Seizure 8x60
The Good Fight S4 6x60 Premiere Launches 12x60 The Coroner 7x60 New Amsterdam S2 18x60 New 2021 WP series 110x60
Programming is confidential and subject to change 2021 investment
Drama on 4 and Walter Presents 2021 Sponsorship Investment: Contact your usual 4 sales representative for exact pricing details.
Additional Investment for Drama on 4 License: £XX,XXX net Deadline for client backed offers by: 12pm on the 9th November 2020
Should we receive more than one acceptable offer we will ask those parties to submit a best and final offer as part of our second stage process. Timings and guidelines for submitting secondary offers will be clearly communicated to interested parties only. Sponsors are subject to approval from Channel 4 and rights holders. Investment above excludes any other costs, including but not limited to production and research. The sponsor will be required to create and deliver sponsorship accreditation for ‘Drama on 4’ and ‘Walter Presents’ programming All offers sent to Channel 4 will require evidence that they are client backed. Appendix: Further detail on Walter Presents titles 2021 LINE UP ALL THE SINS S1 & S2
Channel 4 – Finland (12 x 60) JANUARY An addictively intriguing crime thriller about complex relationships and small town prejudices. After a ten-year absence, Detective Lauri Räihä is sent to investigate the murders of two men in the small northern town where he grew up. Lauri seeks answers to the case only to discover other truths about himself, his home town, and whether one has the power to forgive all sins. REBECKA MARTINSSON
More4 – Sweden (8 x 60)
Rebecka Martinsson, the Swedish prosecutor JANUARY with a troubled past, is back for a second series with a new actor in the lead role. Rebecka Martinsson returns to her roots in Kiruna and we get to meet her taking on new cases, that prove to be both emotional and professional challenges for Rebecka, as well as for her colleagues, and to the community as a whole
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/451181730/4540d5d994 BULLETS All4 – Finland (10 x 60)
This gripping espionage and political thriller JANUARY follows Mari, an Intelligence Agency officer who goes undercover to befriend an asylum seeker who has arrived in Finland. Why? Because the refugee in question is Madina Taburova, one of the most wanted terrorists in the world, now presumed dead. Mari sets out to win Madina's trust in a mission to uncover what her intentions are in Helsinki.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/451860031/1268fd29aa DELIVER US
Channel 4 – Denmark (8 x 60)
In a small town five people join forces and plan FEBRUARY the perfect murder of the local town psycho only to realize that once you start playing God, it's easy to end up as the Devil.
Deliver Us is a series about what happens when people let their innermost primitive instincts take over – with revenge, hatred and wrath. At the same time, it’s a story about love: About how far we are willing to go to protect those we love.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/451779523/1b1273a207 DEUTSCHLAND 89 Channel 4 – Germany (8 x 60)
The last instalment in the critically acclaimed and FEBRUARY Emmy award winning spy thriller trilogy. After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, superspy Martin Rauch and his fellow agents at the HVA (East German Foreign Intelligence) are left reeling. Their government has collapsed leaving their organization in chaos and their futures uncertain, at best. The question is – how to play the next hand? Should they join the Communists at the KGB or go West and work for an enemy agency? Should they use international contacts to start a new career or run off into exile with hoarded gold? In the face of the new world order, these men will be forced to reinvent themselves. : MONSTER All4 – Norway (7 x 60)
Monster is a stylish Nordic Noir thriller that follows a FEBRUARY police investigation spinning out of control. Set in the bleak and brooding landscape of Northern Norway, we follow detectives Hedde Gilbert and Joel Dreyer as they work to solve a brutal murder. With differing approaches to the case—and a number of skeletons in each of their closets—both detectives resort to questionable methods in order to track down the killer. But as they hone in on their suspect while each attempting to keep their secrets hidden, both detectives might just reveal themselves to be as monstrous as the murderer they’re chasing.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/451113125/8c1bd37ce2 BOX 21 All4 – Romania (6 x 60)
Lydia, a young girl from Romania, is lured to Sweden with FEBRUARY false promises of a better life but end ups up in the hands of a ruthless gang of criminals forcing her into sex slavery. As she seeks revenge upon the men who stole her life from her, her destiny becomes interwoven with that of a dangerous mafia boss hunted by the local police.Inspector Ewert Grens is racing against time to untangle a complex and deadly web of secrets, culminating in a dramatic climax in a room full of hostages in the hospital’s basement morgue. Could an innocent looking station locker, Box 21, hold the answers?This compulsive thriller is based upon a smash hit bestselling novel and comes with all the trimmings of a perfect Scandi crime: dark, fast paced, impeccably shot. A hell of a Swedish ride.
WP Intro : https://vimeo.com/448837549/5f524215e8 FACE TO FACE Channel 4 – Denmark (4 x 60)
When investigator Bjorn visits a forensic office to identify a young female cadaver, he is horrified to find his own daughter lying on the autopsy MARCH table. Bjorn refuses to believe his daughter would take his own life. When the evidence points towards murder, a sorrow-stricken and vengeful Bjorn begins to chart the last day of his daughters life, sending him on a whirlwind journey of revelations about his daughter: hidden secrets and criminal acts are exposed and Bjorn must confront his own past as well as hers in order to discover the truth of why she really died.
Featuring an all-star cast, Face to Face is a compelling Scandi series full of twists and turns that unfold in an innovative dramatic structure: the series covers a time-span of 24 hours and each episode focuses on one location and only two or three characters – creating new levels of intensity, tension and edge of your seat suspense. This is top class Scandi fare.
WP Intro : https://vimeo.com/451117326/70c8e649e5 AMSTERDAM VICE
Channel 4 – Netherlands (8 x 60)
Amsterdam, 1980’s. Detective Judd Cox has just been promoted MARCH to the roughest department within the capital’s police force. Cox and his new partner Montijn are investigating a murder case which leads to the discovery of plans for an attack on the coronation day of Princess Beatrix – the two must do everything in their power to thwart the treasonous plot. Based on a true story, Amsterdam Vice is a gritty and witty hi-octane show about two unlikely detective buddies, and their efforts to derail a terrorist attack.
Based on historical facts, Amsterdam Vice combines high-octane moments of all out action with fun, humour and genuine emotional depth. The story of two unlikely detective buddies, it is like Amsterdam itself: gritty, stylish, sexy, warm hearted and forever dripping cool. A real Dutch treat.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/387999164/5ad7c96e29 MOUNTAIN RESUE
More4 – Denmark (10 x 60)
A fast paced series built around the emergency services of MARCH Police, Fire, Mountain Rescue and Medical and follows six main characters: A young policewoman suffering from PTSD, a new young doctor discovering the harsh realities of the Emergency ward, a reckless yet reliable ambulance nurse, a depressed maintenance man, and others. The strong cast of smart characters is perfectly set in a landscape as breathtakingly beautiful as it is dangerous. ‘Mountain Rescue’ follows the intimate lives of everyday heroes within the emergency services and the trials and tribulations experienced by them.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/449312946/cc336dc2ce THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE More4 - Poland, Czech, Ukraine (10 x 60)
In the three cities of Odessa, Warsaw and MARCH Prague, three young women are brutally murdered and their bodies found within days of each other. One thing is evident: they are obviously connected. After the links are made, the three police departments soon collaborate on the cases in their efforts to stop the killing, however the lead detectives have their own demons to fight. Ukrainian militia captain Serhij, Polish super intendant Maria and experienced Czech detective Viktor must put aside their own personal issues to stop a deranged serial killer operating on an international level.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/412668056/10c9cf95a4 THE HUNTER
ChannelChannel 4 – Italy (124 – xItaly 60) (12 x 60)
Inspired by real life characters and events, this is a beautiful,
violent, spectacular Italian series that will set your pulse racing. APRIL
The Hunter is based on a true story and tells the story of Saverio Barone, a prosecutor who in the early 90s, brings the entire Corleonese mafia to its knees, sending hundreds of mobsters behind bars. Through Saverio’s own cunning and ambition, he exposes the corruption of criminal bosses Leoluca Bagarella and Giovanni Brusca, men accused of hundreds of murders, and puts hundreds of mobsters behind bars. However, the daily confrontation of horror Saverio puts himself through, in turn has a corruptive effect upon him, and his own personal relationships suffer in the wake of his professional aspirations. It’s the story of a hunter, but it’s also the story of his prey.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/451123112/f680c1063f WHEN THE DUST SETTLES Channel 4 – Denmark (10 x 60)
When The Dust Settles is a retrospective following the lives of eight characters and the events preceding a mass shooting in a newly-opened restaurant. The characters live very different lives but over the course MAY of three weeks, all of their lives will change dramatically, leading them to question the choices they have made and the very nature of their reality – for after the shots are fired, nothing will ever be the same again.
Coming from the channel that brought The Killing and Borgen: it is a powerful multi-character drama that conjugates memorable emotional stories with a gripping, sophisticated approach to storytelling and narrative structure. An intense, unforgettable watch.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/423997323/dd1e0a1d6f THE CRIMSON RIVERS S2 More4 – France (8 x 60)
Crimson Rivers follows two investigators Niemans and
Delauney as they attempt to solve increasingly bizarre MAY murders. After finding a link between a priest’s murder and a 3rd-century martyr, even stranger events begin happening; a woman’s body is found with a symbol on her forehead believed to be linked to the demonic, a boy turns up claiming to be the missing son of a family lost long ago, a woman’s body is found with ties to medieval witch hunts. Our heroes must uncover the link between the town, the murders and the myths which have everyone so terrified, before it is too late. GOLD DIGGERS Channel 4 – Russia (8 x 60)
This glamorous, complex drama series, starring Russia’s leading actors, dives deep into the relationships between power, money, and sex, the unbreakable threads tying JULY Russian society’s elite together. A female cop (Daria Moroz) penetrates this world whilst investigating a crime and is completely seduced by its sheer wealth and luxury. Her integrity may be compromised but her ambition certainly isn’t, she’s had a taste and now she wants it all. This is a glittering, addictive thriller with Matryoshka (Russian) Doll story lines – where there are many threads to the story, nothing is quite what it seems, and each story hides or leads into another.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/358854873/d113a78be7 THETHE DEVIL’S DEVIL’S THROAT THROAT Channel 4 – Bulgaria (12 x 60)
Channel 4 – Bulgaria (12 x 60)
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Rocco Schiavone is an offbeat Deputy Commissioner of AUGUST the State Police. For disciplinary reasons he is transferred to the Alpine town of Aosta, far from his beloved Rome. The sophisticated but cranky Roman despises the mountains, the cold, and the provincial locals as much as he disdains his superiors and their petty rules. But he loves solving crimes.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/448830805/4a06b0898d THE INNER CIRCLE
All4 – Sweden (8 x 60) SEPTEMBER
Inner Circle is a Swedish political thriller about the scheming, dirty tricks and power plays that take place beneath the surface.
The story is set across a few days in summer when Sweden’s political elite has gathered at a forum. There’s a rumour that the Prime Minister is to stand down, and countless more about who will succeed her.
David Ehrling, Minister for Enterprise, thinks the job is his, but can his loyal spin doctor Lena keep a lid on the scandals in his past and ensure that the people working against him don’t now get in the way?
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/386747786/bbebc45113 WITCHHUNT Channel 4 – Norway (8 x 60)
Ida Waage is a dynamic woman, working as the CFO at a OCTOBER prestigious law firm. One day, she spots a suspicious invoice and soon traces it back to a money laundering operation linked to the firm’s biggest client, Peer Eggen. She alerts her executive board, but to her shock, they turn on her, and look to discredit her with the threat of false accusations. With her job and credibility at threat, Ida continues to seek justice and alerts the police.
Inspired by true events, this compelling series pits morality against corporate interests revealing the deadly power of corruption in the high stakes game of power politics.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/431498599/536f329fcc TRAUMA
More4 – France (6 x 60) OCT/NOV Launched in the footsteps of a serial killer, Adam, a hardened but admired cop, miraculously survives after being shot in the head but he now suffers from amnesia. When he discovers a young woman tied up and terrorized in his basement, Adam faces the most dreadful of doubts: what if the killer he was chasing was none other than himself?
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/423249938/2a04bf22b9 FOUR STRANGERS
C4 –Croatia (6 x 60) NOVEMBER In this bitter ode to the city of Zagreb, Four Strangers dissects the layers of a modern urban society through the intertwining stories of four strangers who are bound together irrevocably by a violent event. Exploring themes of alienation, frustration and the longing to be released from the trappings of everyday life, these four, ordinary people, from diverse backgrounds, decide to regain control of their lives. SEIZURE More4 – Norway (8 x 60)
Seizure tells the story of two troubled detectives, Sander and Max,
who become entangled in the biggest and most inexplicable case of DECEMBER their lives. On their first day as partners, four teenage boys are mysteriously found dead in an abandoned swimming pool. There are no signs of violence or drugs but, shockingly, there are eels at the crime scene. On the first day of the investigation, both detectives have terrifying, vivid nightmares… soon, they both start seeing and hearing things that cannot be explained. As the case begins to unravel, they discover that a fifth boy was present at the scene of the crime and he may well be the key to solving the mystery. But as they get closer to learning the truth, their dreams turn into full-blown hallucinations, and their own personal traumas starts to bleed into their day to day lives. They soon realize that there is no turning back and to solve the case, they must face their personal demons or risk losing their minds. Seizure is a chilling, sensational high concept Scandi thriller
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/431505599/c8e768e158