Streaming service ITVX will launch this autumn with a number of programmes that aren’t available anywhere else.
The launch line-up is confirmed to include a range of exclusive drama and thrillers, including cold war drama A Spy Among Friends. The series based on the New York Times best-selling book written by Ben Macintyre and produced in collaboration with Sony Pictures Television, ITV Studios and Veritas Entertainment Group. Starring Damian Lewis and Guy Pearce, the six-episode series dramatises the true story of Nicholas Elliott and Kim Philby, two British spies and lifelong friends. Philby was the most notorious British defector and Soviet double agent in history. This is a story of intimate duplicity; of loyalty, trust and treachery. Philby’s deeply personal betrayal, uncovered at the height of the Cold War, resulted in the gutting of British and American Intelligence.
Riches is a glossy, high stakes family drama in six parts, written and created by Abby Ajayi and produced by Greenacre Films. Deborah Ayorinde stars as Nina, the estranged daughter of self-made millionaire Stephen Richards played by Hugh Quarshie. Sarah Niles plays Stephen’s second wife, Claudia, and Brendan Coyle is Stephen’s trusted advisor and confidante.
Litvinenko
Starring David Tennant as Alexander Litvinenko, the former Russian Federal Security Services and KGB officer whose death from polonium poisoning in November 2006 triggered one of the most complex and dangerous investigations in the history of the Metropolitan Police. Written by acclaimed screenwriter George Kay Lupin, , Litvinenko is the story of the determined Scotland Yard Officers who worked for ten years to prove who was responsible.
Tell Me Everything
The Provocative new teen drama created by Mark O’ Sullivan, explores what it’s like to be coming of age in the 2020s.
Tell Me Everything introduces us to 16-year-old Jonny Murphy (Eden. H Davies), who is trying his best to navigate through this world. Growing up hasn’t been easy, and although loved by his friends and family, Jonny suffers from undiagnosed depression and anxiety which he does his best to hide. So when he is faced with the most gut-wrenching tragedy, Jonny has to decide – is he going to let events overtake him or is he going to learn how to live?
Other ITVX exclusives
Without Sin is a four-part psychological thriller exploring the relationship which develops between a grieving mother and the man she believes murdered her daughter. BAFTA and RTS award winning actress Vicky McClure will play the leading role of Stella Tomlinson, whose 14-year-old daughter Maisy, is found dead at their family home with the bloodied, hooded figure of Charles Stone standing over her. Acclaimed film and television actor, Johnny Harris will star alongside Vicky as Charles.
A Year On Planet Earth will showcase the many wonders of the natural world and will reveal the incredible ways in which all life is connected and how massive natural events affect the lives of individual animals. This unique and beautifully shot series is narrated by Stephen Fry.
PLEBS: Barbarian Invasion is a feature length version of the multi award winning comedy series which reunites Marcus, Grumio and Aurelius for one last time; and Loaded In Paradise is a brand new reality series that sees party loving pairs hop across Greece’s Aegean Islands in a race to take control of – and spend 50,000 euros.