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EXCLUSIVE: The BBC’s shot tourney satire Twenty Twenty Six is headed to not 1 but 2 American streamers.
In a uncommon move, BBC Studios has struck deals pinch some BritBox and Fox streamer Tubi for John Morton’s six-part sitcom, which sees Hugh Bonneville reprise his W1A role of Ian Fletcher alongside a chiefly North American formed including Chelsey Crisp (Fresh disconnected The Boat, Ten Percent), Stephen Kunken and Paulo Costanzo (Designated Survivor, Royal Pains).
The series, which launched past week connected nan BBC, footwear offs connected May 1 connected Tubi (U.S.), BritBox (U.S. & Canada) and Blue Ant Media’s BBC First (Canada).
In Twenty Twenty Six, former BBC Head of Values Fletcher heads to nan U.S., Canada and Mexico to thief pinch a highly anticipated shot tournament. He takes connected a caller domiciled arsenic Head of Integrity for nan Twenty Twenty Six Oversight team, made up of a group of caller and colorful characters played by nan caller cast.
Given the mounting and American talent attached, Twenty Twenty Six has ever been ripe for landing a U.S. co-production partner, though it’s uncommon for 1 show to onshore 2 non-exclusively astatine nan aforesaid time. BritBox is owned by nan show’s distributor, BBC Studios, and already airs W1A and Twenty Twelve — Morton’s 2 erstwhile shows — successful nan States. Tubi, meanwhile, is simply a broadcast partner astatine this summer’s shot world cup successful nan U.S. The woody is different but not unprecedented. BBC Studios antecedently sold Jenna Coleman-starrer The Jetty to some BritBox and Hulu.
Twenty Twenty Six is nan latest successful Morton’s long-running loose satire trilogy that has included Twenty Twelve, which depicted a fictional London Olympic organizing committee, and W1A, which was astir nan soul workings of nan BBC. Speaking to Deadline earlier Twenty Twenty Six launched income astatine MIPCOM, Morton said he loves to constitute shows astir “the spread betwixt big, laudable nationalist ngo statements and nan Monday morning, ‘How nan hellhole do we do this?’ feeling.” The show lauched past week connected BBC Two and iPlayer.
Lawrence Szabo, BBC Studios’ EVP of Content Distribution, North America & LatAm, said Twenty Twenty Six “reflects nan taste moment” pinch “devastating wit.” “We are thrilled to find specified chopped homes for this sports-themed, workplace comedy with Tubi, BritBox, and Blue Ant Media,” he added. “Bringing these 3 partners together highlights nan versatility of our portfolio and our committedness to ensuring that world-class British storytelling finds its measurement to nan US viewers who worth it most.”
Twenty Twenty Six is an Expectation accumulation pinch further support from OKRE regarding ambiance and wellness expertise. The bid was commissioned by Jon Petrie, BBC Director of Comedy. The bid is written and directed by Morton. The shaper is Catherine Gosling Fuller, and nan EPs are Paul Schlesinger, Nerys Evans and Morton. The BBC commissioning editor is Emma Lawson.
