The Potboiler production has sold across Europe, Australia and Asia, with ARD Plus, Movistar Plus+, Stan, Sky and BBC among the series’ main buyers
In Europe, ARD Plus nabbed exploitation rights to “Secret Service” for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, where it is implementing its release strategy in close cooperation with local SVOD platforms. In Germany, the five-part series will launch exclusively in a first window release on Deutsche Telekom’s MagentaTV streaming service before airing on ARD Plus. In Switzerland, the first window will be exclusively available on Swisscom’s Blue Play.
The series will debut in Spain on Movistar Plus+, the biggest Spanish pay TV and SVOD service, and in Greece on Cosmote and in Romania on AntenaPlay.
All3Media additionally licensed “Secret Service” across Scandinavia, where it will be available on its public broadcasters: NRK in Norway, DR in Denmark, YLE in Finland, RUV in Iceland and SVT in Sweden.
Stan acquired the series for Australia. In New Zealand, “Secret Service” was licensed to Sky New Zealand, which will broadcast the show on its free-to-air channel Three and ad-supported streaming service ThreeNow.
Full article: https://variety.com/2026/tv/global/all3media-international-gemma-arterton-secret-service-1236696235/