MIPCOM, 13 October 2025 —Cineflix Rights has announced multiple international deals for the BBC1 prime-time crime thriller Virdee. The series has been bought by Canal+ (Netherlands), SVT (Sweden), Filmin (Spain), Britbox for its platforms across Norway, Finland and Denmark, and BBC Studios for its BBC First and BBC Player platforms across Asia. The latest sales follow deals with SBS (Australia), and Media4Fun (Poland).

Based on A.A. Dhand’s best-selling novels, Virdee (6x60’, Magical Society for BBC One/BBC iPlayer) is a crime thriller following Harry Virdee (Staz Nair, Rebel Moon), a Bradford cop hunting down a serial killer. His personal life is in chaos, disowned by his family for crossing a religious divide by marrying his wife, Saima (Aysha Kala, Criminal Record), a woman he loves beyond anyone or anything else. 

When the murderer kidnaps a local police chief’s son and holds the entire city to ransom, Harry realises that he is going to need the help of his brother-in-law Riaz (Vikash Bhai – Crossfire, Limbo), a drugs kingpin who runs the largest cartel in the county. Pulled together in an alliance that could ruin them both, Harry must make a choice: save himself and his family or save his city. He will not be able to do both.

Tom Misselbrook, SVP Scripted Development, Cineflix Rights said: “Virdee’s high-octane storytelling is proving a real hit with viewers, we’re thrilled to see further momentum for the series with these MIPCOM sales.”

The deal with Canal+ was brokered by Lucy Rawson, VP, Sales, Benelux, CEE, and Southern Mediterranean. The deals with SVT and Britbox were brokered by Sandra Piha, SVP Sales, Pan-Regional, UK, Eire, and Scandinavia, Cineflix Rights; the deal with Filmin was brokered by Sabrina Ayala, Sales Consultant, Iberia, Italy, French-speaking Europe and French Canada; and the deal with the BBC was brokered by Chris Bluett, SVP, Sales, Asia Pacific. 

Virdee is adapted for the screen by A.A. Dhand and the directors are Mark Tonderai (Gotham, Doctor Who, Foundation), Milad Ami (Bullshit, When the Dust Settles) and Mo Ali (Hijack, Cobra).  The executive producers are Paul Trijbits (Jane Eyre, The Casual Vacancy, Saving Mr Banks) for Magical Society, A.A. Dhand, Jo McClellan for the BBC, and James Durie and Tom Misselbrook for Cineflix Rights. The series is produced by Stella Nwimo (Nuclear, The London Mob) and Himesh Kar (Walk with Me, The Bengali Detective).  Virdee is a Magical Society production for BBC One and BBC iPlayer in association with Screen Yorkshire. Cineflix Rights is the exclusive worldwide distribution partner.