EXCLUSIVE: BBC plans to develop Abi Morgan‘s divorce regulation collection The Split are on maintain.
Sources inform Deadline that preparations to shoot spin-off collection, The Split Up, in Manchester this October have been paused indefinitely.
A BBC insider stated there have been editorial causes for The Cut up Up being stood down, however they weren’t particular about why producers wanted extra time to resolve artistic points.
The BBC stays dedicated to the drama, which is produced by Sister‘s northern arm and Morgan’s Little Chick Productions. A brand new shoot date has but to be agreed.
Fewer than 10 individuals have been engaged on The Cut up Up when it was postponed, although it’s understood that others had turned down different tasks to decide to the present in October. Casting was properly underway.
The Cut up Up was created by Ursula Rani Sarma (Smother, Scrumptious) and chronicles Kishan Legislation, an elite British-Asian divorce agency in Manchester that’s thrown into turmoil by a household secret.
There are hopes that the present will help tackle a deficit in genuine British Asian display screen tales after rioting within the UK final month raised issues that the neighborhood had been failed by the TV trade.
When The Cut up Up was introduced in February, Sarma stated: “To have the ability to place a recent British Asian household, helmed by good girls, on the coronary heart of a primetime drama collection is a dream come true for me as a author who believes strongly within the significance of illustration on our screens.”
The Cut up Up was commissioned by Lindsay Salt, director of BBC Drama. Government producers are Lucy Dyke, Jane Featherstone, Morgan, Sarma, and Lucy Richer. Sumrah Mohammed was named because the producer. Worldwide distribution is being dealt with by BBC Studios.
The Cut up, which aired on Sundance TV and BBC America within the U.S., ran for 3 seasons and was one of many BBC’s hottest new dramas of current years, promoting to just about 120 territories.
It should return for a two-part special, set in Barcelona. Nicola Walker returns as divorce legal professional Hannah Stern, whereas Toby Stephens is becoming a member of the solid. Creator Morgan wrote Netflix’s Benedict Cumberbatch collection Eric and Oscar-winner The Iron Woman.
