[02/13/24 - 09:29 AM] Amazon Freevee Thriller "Boat Story" to Exclusively Premiere March 12 in the U.S. The series follows two strangers, Daisy Haggard and Paterson Joseph as Janet and Samuel, who can't believe their luck when they stumble upon a shipwrecked boat full of cocaine.
[via press release from Amazon]
Amazon Freevee Thriller "Boat Story" to Exclusively Premiere March 12 in the U.S.
The new series will also premiere on April 18 in Germany
The official trailer and first look images are now available
CULVER CITY, California - February 13, 2024 - Today, Amazon Freevee announced the new thriller series Boat Story will exclusively premiere on March 12 in the U.S and April 18 in Germany. All six episodes will be available upon premiere. The official trailer and first look images have also been released.
Boat Story follows two strangers, Daisy Haggard (Back to Life, Breeders) and Paterson Joseph (Wonka, Timeless) as Janet and Samuel, who can't believe their luck when they stumble upon a shipwrecked boat full of cocaine. With each of them desperate for a fresh start, they agree to sell the drugs and split the cash. But on their tail are the police, masked hit men, and a sharp-suited gangster known only as "The Tailor." When two ordinary people are pushed to the very edge, can they trust each other and get away with their lives and money?
Alongside Haggard and Joseph, the series ensemble includes Tcheky Karyo (The Missing, Baptiste), BAFTA-winner Joanna Scanlan (After Love, Notes on A Scandal), Craig Fairbrass (One Piece, Villain and Muscle), Phil Daniels (House of the Dragon, Quadrophenia) and Ethan Lawrence (Bad Education).
The series is written by Harry and Jack Williams (The Missing, Baptiste, The Tourist), who alongside Christopher Aird (Baptiste, Liar, The Tourist), Sarah Hammond (Back to Life, Fleabag, The Tourist) and Daniel Walker (The Tourist) serve as executive producers for Two Brothers Pictures, with Tommy Bulfin and Nawfal Faizullah as executive producers for the BBC. Boat Story is produced by award-winning All3Media production company, Two Brothers Pictures (The Tourist, The Missing, Fleabag) in association with All3 Media International.
Boat Story is available to stream in the UK on BBC One. Amazon Freevee is available to stream on Prime Video, as an app on Fire TV, and on many third-party apps.
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About Two Brothers Pictures:
Two Brothers Pictures was set up by BAFTA and Golden Globe nominated writers and producers Harry and Jack Williams in 2014. Producing quality scripted television in the UK and internationally, Two Brothers Pictures is one of the most exciting and successful production companies in the UK.
The London based independent, which joined the All3Media family in February 2017, has produced some of TVs best loved shows including Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Emmy & Golden Globe winning, modern cult classic, Fleabag (for BBC Three and Amazon), much talked about drama Liar (ITV), the hugely successful Baptiste (BBC One) and most recently The Tourist series one (BBC, HBO Max, Netflix) and two (BBC and Netflix) starring Jamie Dornan and Danielle Macdonald, which became the most watched new show on BBC iPlayer in 2022 and reached number 1 for Netflix U.S and number 6 on Netflix globally in its debut week.
About All3Media International
All3Media International distributes popular, award-winning TV programmes to over 1,000 broadcasters and media platforms around the world. The company has been celebrated for producing, marketing and distributing high-quality, ground-breaking and pioneering shows to a global audience, consistently topping the Broadcast and Televisual annual Indies Surveys and receiving the Queen's Award for Enterprise in recognition of its growth - twice. Its catalogue contains over 30,000 hours of content across all genres.
As well as one of the top-selling drama series Midsomer Murders, All3Media International's quality scripted content includes Fleabag, All Creatures Great and Small, It's A Sin, Trigger Point, The Tourist, Mystery Road, Van Der Valk, and The English. Its non-scripted content slate includes premium factual documentaries such as Who is Ghislaine Maxwell? and Fever Pitch: The Rise of the Premier League as well as various factual entertainment titles including Escape to the Chateau, Great British Menu, and Four in a Bed. The company also represents brands featuring some of television's most beloved names including Monty Don, Alan Titchmarsh, Gordon Ramsay, Mary Beard and Grayson Perry. All3Media International's celebrated formats include The Traitors, Googlebox, Undercover Boss, This is Your Life, Lingo, The Dog House, and Race Across the World, and it also represents an extensive list of successful scripted formats including Liar, Blood, Cheat, and Queer as Folk.
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