London TV Screenings Fiction Hot List

The London TV Screenings , or London Screenings for short, the global TV industry event running Feb. 23-28, is ready for its close-up. The once low-key affair, where networks and sales outfits screen their latest shows for international buyers, has grown to can't-miss status over the years. 2025 will be London Screenings' time to shine, particularly without any competition from the now-defunct MIP TV .

That said, MIP will be holding its own inaugural MIP London event during the week, featuring panel discussions on industry trends, hot new properties from the likes of South Korea and Japan, as well as a session with David Beckham and Netflix chief content officer Bela Bajaria.

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The London Screenings come at an inflection point for the global TV industry. After a sustained boom in high-end drama, networks, and streamers are again cutting costs and betting more on lower-cost non-fiction and reality shows. In the fiction arena, dark and risky premises have given way to more middle-brow sitcoms and cop-and-crime dramas.

But there is still room for new ideas. Banijay Entertainment, for example, just unveiled  AI Love You , a new technology-driven show format headlining its London TV Screenings lineup that taps into the fascination and debate surrounding artificial intelligence.

And there are still a few daring dramas out there. For its London TV Screenings hot list, The Hollywood Reporter has picked 10 of the most exciting new fiction offerings up for sale in London next week.

A Prophet
BUZZA reimagining of the iconic 2009 prison drama, from Emilia Perez director Jacques Audiard, this French series follows Malik, a young African immigrant, who finds himself behind bars and in a battle for survival.
SALESStudiocanal
SCREENINGS5.30pm-11pm, Sunday, Ham Yard Hotel

Kabul
BUZZA six-part English-language thriller, told through the eyes of an Afghani family, retraces the chaotic events of August 15, 2021, when American troops withdrew from Afghanistan and the Taliban swept to control in Kabul.
SALESMediawan Rights
SCREENINGS5pm, Wednesday, The Soho Hotel

King & Conqueror
BUZZThis promising period gem follows the story of a showdown that defined the future of Europe for a thousand years. James Norton ( Happy Valley ) is Harold of Wessex and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau ( Game of Thrones ) is William of Normandy, two allies with no design on the British throne who found themselves forced by circumstance and personal obsession into a war for the crown, that would come to a head in the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
SALESParamount Global Content Distribution
SCREENINGS10am-12pm (unscripted), 2-6pm (scripted), Tuesday, Curzon Soho Cinema

Other People's Money
BUZZThe latest German drama from the outfit behind Babylon Berlin is a dramatization of the real-life story of the world's largest financial heist, when a criminal network of wealthy investors, bankers, and lawyers orchestrated a $150 billion+ tax fraud scheme across Europe.
SALESBeta Film
SCREENINGS9am-1pm, Tuesday, Picturehouse Central

Safe Harbor
BUZZThis violent and provocative European crime drama from Ozark co-creator Mark Williams, set in the world of drug smuggling in the port city of Rotterdam, features an all-star cast including Alfie Allen ( Game of Thrones ), Colm Meaney ( Gangs of London ), and Charlie Murphy ( Happy Valley ).
SALESEccho Rights
SCREENINGS7pm-10pm, Wednesday, Century Club

Sunny Nights
BUZZThe new series from Colin from Accounts showrunner Trent O'Donnell stars Will Forte and D'Arcy Carden as a brother and sister dragged into a world of crime while setting up a spray tan business in Sydney, Australia.
SALESCineflix Rights
SCREENINGS3-5pm scripted; 5-7pm factual, Tuesday, Soho Hotel

The Hack
BUZZProduced by the team behind ITV's smash series Mr Bates vs The Post Office , this based-on-real-life drama stars David Tennant, Robert Carlyle, and Toby Jones in the story of the notorious British phone hacking scandal.
SALESITV Studios
SCREENINGS10am-12.30pm formats; 12.30pm-2.15pm non-scripted; 2.15pm-7pm drama, Wednesday, Odeon Luxe Leicester Square

This City is Ours
BUZZAn epic new crime drama created and written by Stephen Butchard ( The Last Kingdom ), whose Italian mafia series The Good Mothers was a Critics Choice Award nominee last year, this Liverpool-set show features Sean Bean as gang leader Ronnie Phelan.
SALESSony Pictures Television
SCREENINGS5-7pm showcase, Picturehouse Central; 7-9pm cocktail party, Ham Yard Hotel; both Thursday

Underbelly
BUZZ Arrow star Stephen Amell plays a border town cop who uncovers an illegal drug ring linked to his childhood friend and playing out in the scenic Thousand Islands archipelago between Canada and the U.S. Minnie Driver co-stars.
SALESFifth Season
SCREENINGSAll day, Monday-Friday, Fifth Season office screening room, Marylebone

We Come in Peace
BUZZThe new sci-fi series from Humans creator Lars Lundström kicks off with a mysterious jellyfish-shaped entity hovering over Stockholm. The UFO triggers panic and it is up to Civil Defense agent Elias ( Westworld 's Fares Fares) and scientist Zandra (Evin Ahmad from Snabba Cash ), to uncover the truth behind this extraterrestrial phenomenon.
SALESNewen Connect
SCREENINGS2pm, Tuesday, Ham Yard Hotel

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