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It appears that the BBC and ZDF ’s forthcoming Cold War undercover agent serial publication Honey is a prequel to Killing Eve center on Fiona Shaw ’s Carolyn Martens .
In surprise news from Series Mania last week , the BBC and German studio ZDF announcedHoney , the previously - teased prequel to the adjustment of Luke Jenning ’s storiesKilling Eve , created for television by Fleabag creatorPhoebe Waller - Bridge , thus securing her as a major talent in television . The series will differentiate the news report of Carolyn Martens , the coldly calculating and brilliant spymaster who was played by BAFTA - winningFiona Shaw .
Honeyis described as a Cold War thriller set in 1982and follows a deep cover song agent for MI6 . Surrounded by enemy and constantly under threat of her cover being blown , Marta strain her hardest to forfend detection by Friedrich Bauman , the newfangled Head of Counter - Espionage for the Stasi . The producer none other thanKilling EveproducerSid Gentle . HoneywriterEmma Moran , who create Disney+ ’s BAFTA - nominatedExtraordinary , was not necessitate withKilling Evebut has a Waller - Bridge - esque dramedy genius to her writing . The broadcasters declined to annotate onHoney’sconnection withKilling Eve .
InKilling Eve , she was the ruthless and enigmatical head of MI6 ’s Russia desk . She played a major part in all four seasons of the cat - and - mouse dramatic play , which starredSandra Ohin the titular role andJodie Comeras sociopathic hitwoman Villanelle . A Carolyn Martens prequel was reported byThe Sunat the closing ofKilling Evein 2022 as being reportedly in development with AMC Networks . Casting has n’t been announced for the lead or veritable cast yet , thoughBlack MirroractorImogen Dainesplayed Young Carolyn in one episode of the fourth season ofKilling Eve .
It is too soon to tell whetherHoneyhas landed a U.S. buyer , but it is billed as the first serial publication to be part of the BBC and ZDF ’s new high - end drama partnership . The BBC is face a ruinous financing crisis that makes it impossible for them to produce any series without an international co - financial partner .
All four seasons ofKilling Eveare nowstreaming .
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