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BBC First to Launch in Poland
 BBC Studios is bringing the BBC First drama channel to Poland, where it will launch on October 26.
The channel, which will be available with full English and Polish subtitles, will replace BBC HD and will be accessible through DTH, cable and IPTV providers alongside BBC Brit, BBC Earth, BBC Lifestyle, CBeebies and BBC World News. The addition of BBC First will see the full BBC channel portfolio offered to viewers in Poland for the first time. The channel’s launch slate includes the territory premiere of Broken, starring Sean Bean (Game of Thrones) as a Catholic priest haunted by his past in a tale of redemption, compassion and forgiveness.
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Ava DuVernay’s Central Park Five Series Casts Its Leads
 Gotham's Chris Chalk is among the newly unveiled cast of Ava DuVernay’s upcoming limited series about the Central Park Five case.
Chalk will play adult Yusef Salaam, while newcomers Freddy Miyares and Justin Cunningham will play adult Raymond Santana and adult Kevin Richardson, respectively. Together, they will star alongside previously announced Jharrel Jerome (adult Korey Wise and young Korey Wise) and Jovan Adepo (adult Antron McCray) as the men in the Central Park Five case. Filming began this week in New York City, and the limited series will be released on Netflix in 2019.
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Morven Christie to Star in New Crime Thriller The Bay
 Morven Christie (The A Word, The Replacement) will lead the cast of the new six-part drama The Bay, written by Daragh Carville (Being Human, The Smoke, Cherrybomb).
From Tall Story Pictures for ITV, The Bay is set in the coastal town of Morecambe. Christie will star as Detective Sergeant Lisa Armstrong, a fierce and hard-working family liaison officer who is assigned to a missing persons investigation that winds up having a personal connection for her.
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Calinos Entertainment – Forbidden Fruit
 (Drama, on air) While Yildiz is about to make the most important decision of her life, her sister Zeynep is about to get involved in a life-altering chain of events that she could not have even dreamt of.
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GMA Worldwide – Until We Meet Again
 (Family drama, 42x45 min.) Three-year-old Ana is kidnapped and isolated from any human interaction, with only a dog as her companion, becoming a feral child.
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Artist View Entertainment – Slipaway
 (Drama) When a homeless young musician moves into a sailboat with a feisty elderly widow, the two must overcome their differences and haunting pasts to unlock each other's dreams.
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TV Drama Weekly
Das Boot: Ready
for Battle
Sonar Entertainment’s David Ellender and Bavaria Fiction’s Moritz Polter discuss the event series co-pro.
TV Drama Guide 2017/2018
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