All3Media International is set to spotlight a premium, talent-packed scripted lineup at this year’s London TV Screenings, showcasing new high-end dramas led by Bella Ramsey, Gemma Arterton, Daisy Haggard and Paapa Essiedu.
The independent distributor’s 2026 slate blends psychological thrillers, espionage dramas and returning global hits, reinforcing its position as a key player in the international scripted market. The closed-room Upfront event at London’s Odeon Luxe Leicester Square will introduce buyers to major new titles including Maya, Secret Service, Gone, and Saviour, alongside returning favorites such as The Assassin, All Creatures Great and Small, and Trigger Point.
Content from creative teams including Two Brothers Pictures, Synchronicity, Easy Tiger, Drama Republic, Studio Lambert, New Pictures, Balloon Entertainment and Snowed-In Productions, Playground and Observatory Pictures will see stars including Daisy Haggard, Bella Ramsey, Solly McLeod, Robyn Malcom, Katie Leung, Richard Roxborough, David Morrisey, Eve Myles, Gemma Arterton, Rafe Spall, Paapa Essiedu, Anjli Mohindra, Shaun Parkes and Aidan Gillen headlining a striking scripted slate.
These new titles join All3Media International’s extensive catalogue of returning global favourites such as Keeley Hawes and Freddie Highmore’s action-packed thriller The Assassin, heartwarming family favourite All Creatures Great and Small starring Nicholas Ralph, Samuel West, Callum Woodhouse, Anna Madeley and Rachel Shenton and the last instalment of Daniel Lawrence-Taylor’s bold comedy drama Boarders.
New from Two Brothers Pictures (The Tourist), Maya is a propulsive psychological thriller created and co-directed by Back to Life’s Daisy Haggard. She also co-leads the series alongside Golden-Globe and Emmy-nominee The Last of Us star Bella Ramsey. Exploring themes of predatory male behaviour, family and the unbreakable bond between a mother and daughter, the 6 x 1 hr drama for Channel 4, UK, centres on a fiercely devoted single mother (Haggard) and her headstrong teenage daughter (Ramsey) who are forced into witness protection. As they attempt to rebuild their lives in rural Scotland, it becomes clear the dangerous figure they are running from is still a looming threat. Maya also stars Tobias Menzies (The Crown), Harriet Walter (Succession) and Tom Courtenay (Unforgotten).
Careless (4 x 1 hr) is a character-led thriller with narrative that draws audiences in to explore themes of power, intimacy, trust and cultural and generational divides. The series showcases the talents of rising star Solly McLeod alongside multi award-winning film stars Robyn Malcom and Richard Roxborough. When Scottish backpacker Robbie (Solly McLeod, House of the Dragon) finds himself in Sydney, Australia, he is determined to become a live-in carer for notorious rock ‘n’ roll legend Mike (Richard Roxburgh, Rake), who has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. But as he becomes a confidante to Mike and his wife, Angela (Robyn Malcolm, After the Party), is there something in Robbie’s past that will put the couple in serious danger? Also starring Katie Leung (Bridgerton), this relentlessly compelling thrilleris from Synchronicity (The Tattooist of Auschwitz) and Easy Tiger (Colin from Accounts) for Stan, Australia, and Channel 4, UK.
Written by George Kay, the acclaimed creator of Lupin and Hijack, Gone blends an atmospheric mystery interrogating trauma, trust, privilege and prejudice built around a gutsy, relatable female lead. At a prestigious private school, the well-ordered life of respected headmaster Michael Polly (David Morrissey, The Long Shadow) collapses when his wife disappears and he becomes the prime suspect. As Detective Annie Cassidy (Eve Myles, Keeping Faith) – a sharp, instinctive investigator with her own complex personal issues – pushes closer to the truth, the 6 x 1 hr drama evolves into a compulsive psychological duel and a high-stakes game of cat and mouse between Cassidy and Polly. From New Pictures and Observatory Pictures for ITV, UK.
Suspenseful, timely and cinematic, Secret Service (5 x 1 hr) is a sophisticated espionage thriller from Potboiler Productions for ITV, UK. Directed by Oscar winner James Marsh (Man on Wire) and adapted from the novel by ITV News anchor Tom Bradby, this fast-paced, globe-trotting series stars Gemma Arterton as a senior MI6 officer in a desperate race to uncover evidence that a high-ranking UK politician may be working as a Russian asset. The star-studded cast also includes Rafe Spall, Mark Stanley, Alex Kingston, Roger Allam, Amaka Okafur and Khalid Abdalla.
Anjli Mohindra, Shaun Parkes and Aidan Gillen will lead the Parti Production and Drama Republic’s propulsive thriller, Saviour. Written by criminal barrister, novelist and screenwriter Imran Mahmood and executive produced by Peter Moffat, the six-part series combines high-stakes twists and morally complex characters with powerful themes of justice, family, and institutional corruption, as it poses the universal question of how far people will go to protect those they love.
Counsels (8 x 1 hr) is a fresh, stylish legal drama co-created by Skins creator Bryan Elsley and Gillian McCormack. Breaking away from traditional courtroom dramas, it follows the lives of twenty-something lawyers in Glasgow who, six years after training together, are at the crucial moment when their careers become serious. Whether working as public prosecutors, slick representatives of glossier commercial interests, or the good-hearted last resort of those with nothing left to lose, each of them is out to win. And, as they face their biggest professional challenges yet and their relationships are tested to destruction, now’s the time things are going to catch fire. From Balloon Entertainment for BBC iPlayer, BBC One and BBC Scotland in coproduction with ZDFneo.
From Snowed-In Productions and The Money Men comes Babies, a poignant new drama written and directed by BAFTA winner Stefan Golaszewski (Marriage, Mum). Starring Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You) and Siobhán Cullen (Dalgliesh), this 6 x 1 hr drama produced for the BBC explores the delicate tightrope of love and loss in a young couple’s desire to become parents.
All3Media International will also showcase a slate of unmissable returning drama at the London TV Screenings, introducing second instalments of Black Camel Pictures’ high-end Gaelic crime drama The Island and Two Brothers Pictures’ action-packed thriller The Assassin with Keeley Hawes and Freddie Highmore. And Vicky McClure is back as Explosives Officer Lana Washington in the fourth series of Trigger Point from Jed Mercurio’s HTM Television.
Buyers can dive into new chapters from All3Media International’s long-running detective dramas, returning to New Zealand’s most lethal town in series 12 of South Pacific Pictures’ The Brokenwood Mysteries, and to the quaint county with a staggering death toll in series 26 of Bentley Productions’ Midsomer Murders. Family favourite All Creatures Great and Small is back in the glorious Yorkshire Dales for a seventh series from Playground Entertainment, and the pressure is on at St Gilberts as the students make it to their final term in the third series of Studio Lambert’s popular comedy drama Boarders.
All featured dramas are produced in association with All3Media International.
Louise Pedersen, CEO at All3Media International, commented, “The London TV Screenings is now firmly established as a must-attend highlight in the industry calendar, attracting buyers from across the world looking for exclusive insights into the latest new shows. We’re thrilled that our 2026 slate is packed with must-see drama from leading producers – and on and offscreen talent, such as Bella Ramsey, George Kay, Robyn Maclom, James Marsh, Gemma Arterton and Paapa Essiedu. As we approach the 2026 edition, we’re excited to build on the buzz by announcing a premium scripted slate packed with must-see new and returning titles. Whether buyers are looking for all-star thrillers, fresh new dramas or the next instalments from ratings-winning favourites, our showcase on Thursday afternoon at the Odeon Luxe in Leicester Square is guaranteed to be a hot ticket event.”
All3Media International’s Upfronts will be a closed room event.
