Series to Watch: London 2025
Ahead of the 69th London Film Festival, which begins on October 8, DQ spotlights the new series that will be screened in the UK capital.
Portobello
From: Italy
Original broadcaster: HBO
Director: Marco Bellocchio
Producers: Our Films and Kavac Film, coproduced with Arte France and in collaboration with The Apartment
Starring: Fabrizio Gifuni, Lino Musella, Romana Maggiora Vergano, Barbora Bobulova, Alessandro Preziosi and Fausto Russo Alesi
London premiere date: October 11
Launch date: 2026
In the early 1980s, Enzo Tortora was the most popular TV show host in Italy. But then he was arrested over links to Mafia corruption. This period drama recounts this shocking miscarriage of justice, which led him to be imprisoned and tried for years before being definitively acquitted of all charges.
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The Deal
From: Switzerland, France and Belgium
Original broadcasters: Arte France, RTS (Switzerland)
Director: Jean-Stéphane Bron
Producers: Gaumont Télévision, Bande a Part Films, Les Films Pelleasa, Bidibul Productions and Versus Productions
Distributor: Gaumont Télévision
Starring: Veerle Baetens, Juliet Stevenson, Arash Marandi and Anthony Azizi
London premiere date: October 12
Launch dates: October 16 (arte.tv), October 23 (Arte)
2015. Switzerland hosts last-chance nuclear talks between the US and Iran, with Europe, Russia and China. Swiss diplomat Alexandra Weiss leads the mission, with rising tensions and delegates’ hidden agendas threatening fragile diplomacy. When her former love Payam – a threatened Iranian engineer – appears, Alexandra finds herself crossing lines to protect him. But with the world’s peace at risk, how far will she go?
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The Death of Bunny Munro
From: UK
Original broadcaster: Sky
Director: Isabella Eklöf
Producer: Clerkenwell Films
Starring: Matt Smith, Rafael Mathé and Sarah Greene
London premiere date: October 13
Launch date: November 20
Written by Pete Jackson, this adaptation of Nick Cave’s novel introduces sex-addicted cosmetics salesman Bunny Munro (Smith) who, following his wife’s suicide, escapes with his nine-year-old son on a chaotic road trip across southern England.
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