Uma Thurman thriller marks debut acquisition from streaming giant for a UK service
ITV has acquired Apple TV+’s thriller Suspicion for its streaming platform ITVX, thought to be the first time a show from the US has been acquired by another UK broadcaster or platform.
Starring Uma Therman, the eight-part series follows four ordinary Brits accused of kidnapping the son of a prominent US media mogul as they attempt to prove their innocence.
ITV has acquired the series via distributor Fifth Season, which handles international sales, in a free-to-air second window. The thriller had originally hit the sales market in 2023 under Keshet International, where it was shopping linear rights for the series.
Apple TV+ had commissioned Keshet UK to produce Suspicion, which is based on the Israeli series False Flag, which also launched on the service. Keshet International held the linear and format rights for the series.
The sale of the drama is a rare instance of an Apple TV+ original being sold on the open market and thought to be the first time a UK broadcaster has acquired one of its commissioned shows.
Suspicion joins a growing list of acquisitions of global streamer originals on ITVX, with the ad-supported service, having already struck a deal to become the free-to-air home of Disney+ scripted originals Extraordinary and Under the Banner of Heaven, revealed by Broadcast in November 2023.
The service has since added further Disney+ titles including Culprits and Welcome to Chippendales.
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