With so much of the world on lockdown, most of us are presently satisfying our wanderlust from the comfort of our sofas. No surprise then that our very own ‘The Mallorca Files’ is capturing the imaginations of (both) British, American and German audiences.  Set against the sun-drenched backdrop of this island in the Med, viewers are enjoying the odd couple pairing of

Ben Donald, the former BBC Studios drama executive behind shows such as Death In Paradise and Amazon’s revival of Ripper Street, knows a thing or two about the value of TV drama. He is also a rare example of a largely commercially focused exec who has successfully turned his hand to creative, most recently with BBC One’s big budget daytime show

Elen Rhys and Julian Looman star in the show. Balearic police drama The Mallorca Files is returning for a second series. A new season of the show has been commissioned for BBC One Daytime and iPlayer, as series one is confirmed for broadcast later in November. Read more

UK producer BBC Studios’ new crime drama The Mallorca Files (10×45’) has been pre-sold into multiple territories ahead of Mipcom. Coproduced by Ben Donald’s Cosmopolitan Pictures and Clerkenwell Films for BBC Daytime/iPlayer, the series has been sold into New Zealand (TVNZ), Czech Republic (Prima), Japan (AXN Mystery), Finland (YLE), Denmark (TV2), Norway (TV2) and Sweden (SVT). Audiences in North