BBC, ZDF Board Teen series ‘The Lady Grace Mysteries’
BBC, ZDF and France Televisions have collaborated on ‘The Lady Grace Mysteries’, an English-language teen detective series based on the best-selling collection of children’s novels of the same name.
The show is produced by Cottonwood Media (“Find Me in Paris”) and Coolabi Productions, and co-produced by ZDF Studios. It is written by Daytime Emmy Award-nominated writer Anna McCleery, whose credits include ‘Free Rein’ for Netflix, ‘A Kind of Spark’ for CBBC/BYU and ‘Hollyoaks’ for Channel 4.
No fewer than 300,000 books from the collection ‘The Lady Grace Mysteries’ have been sold worldwide. Aimed at 8-12 year olds, the live-action show tells the story of Lady Grace Cavendish, a teenage female detective who works as a private spy for Queen Elizabeth I and navigates the dangerous waters of royal politics in a conspiracy-filled English court. , threats and mystery.
Federation Kids & Family and ZDF Studios are responsible for worldwide sales of the series. Manon Ardisson, head of fiction at Cottonwood Media, and principal director Alexander Jacob, managing director of Cottonwood Media Ltd, will oversee the show’s production.
“’The Lady Grace Mysteries’ feels so fresh and gives our viewers the opportunity to spend time in a truly exciting period in history, but in a modern and striking way, with a modern and striking lead role,” said Sarah Muller from the BBC. “Mystery solving is another favorite and with such a unique setting it should appeal to a much wider audience,” Muller said.
ZDF’s Nicole Keeb said that “The Lady Grace Mysteries” will be a “high-quality costume drama that will fit perfectly into (their) portfolio.”
Cottonwood Media’s David Michel, Cécile Laurenson and Zoé Carrera Allaix said in a joint statement that “when Coolabi introduced the books to us, it was one of those precious moments where you can immediately imagine a really cool TV show.”
“Full of intrigue, humor, adventure and humor, the response from the broadcasters involved was incredibly positive from the start,” the producers added.
