Beta Film Inks Deals With Canal+, HBO Max France Across Its European Drama Slate Including ‘Bookish’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Home TV Global Apr 28, 2026 5:22am PT Beta Film Inks Deals With Canal+, HBO Max France Across Its European Drama Slate Including ‘Bookish’ (EXCLUSIVE) By Elsa Keslassy Plus Icon Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent @elsakeslassy Latest Beta Film Inks Deals With Canal+, HBO Max France Across Its European Drama Slate Including ‘Bookish’ (EXCLUSIVE) 1 hour ago Why ‘White Lotus’ Picked France After an Encounter With a Cannes Waiter; Season 4 Set to Explore Fame and Art 3 days ago Iconic French Chef Bernard Loiseau, Who Inspired ‘Ratatouille,’ Getting Biopic From ‘Hippocrate’ Director 5 days ago See All © Guillaume Van Laethem Beta Film‘s hit shows including “Bookish” and “Professor T” have found a home at leading French broadcasters and platforms. Canal+ has acquired both seasons of “Bookish,” the English-language crime series created by and starring Primetime Emmy Award winner Mark Gatiss, as well as the popular crime movie cycle “Death in Denmark.” Set in post-war London, “Bookish” has sold in more than 100 territories across five continents and launched strongly on UKTV in the U.K., averaging 1.5 million viewers and becoming the second highest-performing premiere in the channel’s history. Season 2 sees Polly Walker (“Bridgerton”) and Connor Finch (“Everything I Know About Love”) return alongside Gatiss, with a cast that also includes Elliot Levey (“We Were the Lucky Ones,” “Quiz”), Blake Harrison (“Still Up,” “World on Fire”), Buket Kömür (“Our House”), Jason Watkins (“The Game,” “McDonald & Dodds”), Miranda Richardson (“The Last Anniversary”) and Simon Callow (“Étoile”). blogherads.adq.push(function () { blogherads .defineSlot( 'medrec', 'gpt-variety-article-mid-article-uid0' ) .setTargeting( 'pos', ["mid-article1","mid-articleX","mid","mid-article"] ) .setTargeting( 'viewable', 'yes' ) .setSubAdUnitPath("ros\/mid-article") .addSize([[300,250],[2,2],[300,251],[2,4],[4,2],[320,480],[620,366]]) .setClsOptimization("minsize") ; }); Related Stories ‘Enola Holmes 3’ Sets July Release Date on Netflix, Drops First-Look Photos of Millie Bobby Brown and Louis Partridge's Big Wedding Netflix Scripted Series Head Jinny Howe Set as Keynote Speaker at Banff World Media Festival The show is produced by Eagle Eye Drama, an ITV Studios company, in association with Happy Duck Films and supported by the Belgian Tax Shelter. It will launch on May 16 on Canal+’s Polar+ channel. Popular on Variety if ( !window.pmc.harmony?.isEventAdScheduledTime() ) { pmcCnx.cmd.push(function() { pmcCnx({ settings: { plugins: { pmcAtlasMG: { iabPlcmt: 2, } } }, playerId: 'fdaee7b3-292f-4a85-89bb-29a56b567de3', playlistId: '073c6e70-0010-4b87-92d0-d891f87f5cd8', }).render("connatix_contextual_player_div"); }); } else { // This should only be get called when page cache is not cleared and it's event time. window.pmc.harmony?.switchToHarmonyPlayer(); } “Death in Denmark,” meanwhile, follows Danish police officers Ida and Magnus, who stop at nothing when dark legacies clash with modern crime. Produced by Eikon Media for ARD Degeto, the films delivered record-breaking results in Germany, achieving the highest market share for a Thursday crime film in over two years, with an average audience of 6.5 million viewers and an impressive 28.7% market share.Beta Film also secured a French sale to 13ème Rue, the NBCUniversal-backed pay channel for “Professor T,” a crime drama set at Cambridge University, and starring Ben Miller (“Bridgerton”) as Cambridge’s illustrious Professor…

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