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Death at the White Hart , the first book by former Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall , has been picked up by ITV for a goggle box serial adaptation .
If you ’ve beenwondering what formerDoctor WhoshowrunnerChris Chibnallhas been up to , the answer is here : he wrote a murder enigma novel calledDeath at the White Hartthat will be made into a television serial publication on ITV . Chibnall will script and showrunner the television system adjustment of the book , which will be publishedin the UK later in March andin the US in June . ITV probably pick up the right to the leger when it was still in galley form .
Death at the White Hart: Chibnall’s Return to “Broadchurch” Territory
expiry at the White Hartis set in the Dorset Greenwich Village of Fleetcombe , where the village pub ’s landlord is find murdered . Detective Nicola Bridge must unpick a vane of Trygve Lie and competition to uncloak the grampus . Nothing preserve a hamlet together like closed book . The villagers of Fleetcombe like to cerebrate of it as one of the most picturesque spots on England ’s coast . But now , it ’s a disturbingly gruesome criminal offense picture . A man is found dead , tie to a chair in the eye of the road , a hart ’s antlers on his head . The gruesome scene stupefy the town , especially when the dupe is discover : Jim Tiernan , who operate the White Hart saloon . Tierney ’s pub is at the kernel of settlement life – and he knew everyone ’s secrets .
Detective Nicola Bridge mature up in Fleetcombe and has now render , for the good of her phratry , from a life away in Liverpool . DC Harry Ward is ten years younger and , despite his newcomer status , determined to earn Nicola ’s trust . Because they do n’t have farsighted to crack the storybook façade and incur out just what the hoi polloi of Fleetcombe have to hide . And now , in the place she intend she knew so well , Detective Nicola Bridge is asking question . Is she quick for what she ’s about to feel ? It ’s allDeath at the White Hart
Death at the White Hartwas commissioned by ITV drama bossPolly Hill . Chibnall say : " Polly ’s dynamic vote of confidence inDeath At The White Hartmade it a no - brainer to bring the novel to the screen with ITV . Within this cliffhanger - throng murder mystery sits a specifically British narrative about how people inhabit their life the right way now . There ’s no better home for it than ITV . "
demise at the White Hartwill be bring about by the formerDoctor Whoshowrunner ’s Imaginary Friends Productions , along withDeath in ParadisemakerRed PlanetPictures . ITV say Red Planet secured the spate with Imaginary Friends in a extremely competitive landscape painting , " with multiple offers for the rights from production company and vendee worldwide . " The novel is the first of a two book good deal in the UK and U.S. for Chibnall .
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