EXCLUSIVE: Canadian streamer Crave has acquired BBC drama Dope Girls . The Bad Wolf -produced series was one of the buzziest at the recent LA Screenings , where a full episode was on show, and Bell Media-owned streamer Crave has now swooped to take local rights from distributor Sony Pictures Television . It will be unveiled as part of Bell’s Upfront in a few minutes, we hear, along with other U.
S. and international acquisitions and a swathe of original and returning programs for Crave, CTV and Bell’s other English- and French-language networks. Related Stories News BBC Bosses Called Out By More Than 100 Jewish Industry Figures Over Cricket Commentator Accused Of Sharing Antisemitic Images & Posts Casting Anjelica Huston Starring In Latest BBC/BritBox Agatha Christie Adaptation Revealed by Deadline last year , Dope Girls delves into the history of the inter-war Soho criminal underworld and is inspired by Marek Kohn’s Dope Girls: The Birth of the British Drug Underground non-fiction book.
Set in the early 20th century, it follows a time when female gangs ran the clubs, drugs and moonshine distribution. It will launch on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in the UK, and comes from Polly Stenham ( The Face , The Neon Demon ) and Alex Warren ( Eleanor ). The show has been gestating since 2018, when Bad Wold co-founder Tranter met Stenham about a different project but was amazed when she heard about how the Soho nightclub scene had boomed in the 1920s, with 150 such clubs operating durin.
