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Banijay Entertainment to Hit London TV Screenings With ‘A Woman of Substance’ and ‘Falling,’ Plus an Expansive Format Slate Lead by ‘Football Island’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Feb 17, 2026 1:01am PT Banijay Entertainment to Hit London TV Screenings With ‘A Woman of Substance’ and ‘Falling,’ Plus an Expansive Format Slate Lead by ‘Football Island’ (EXCLUSIVE) Other big Banijay plays take in ‘Wallander,’ ‘Half Man’ and ‘100 Knives’ as it adds new formats ‘Staying Alive’ and ‘How Old Is Your Brain?’ to its sales slate By John Hopewell Plus Icon John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent john_hopewell Latest Erik Barmack, Hernán Caffiero Talk ‘Raza Brava,’ Football Fandom, Colo Colo, Soccer as Much More Than Just Spectacle 2 hours ago Series Match: A Massive Jailbreak, the Extraordinary Monika Ertl and the Next From the Creator of ‘Desperate Lies’ 23 hours ago ‘Lost Embrace’ Creator Daniel Burman on ‘So Far, So Good,’ Male Crisis, Butterflies and What We Leave Behind 1 day ago See All 'Falling' Robert Viglasky/Channel 4 Banijay Entertainment is set to unveil one of the biggest and broadest of lineups at the 2026 London TV Screenings, led by a duo of powerful U. K. dramas – the Brenda Blethyn starring “A Woman of Substance” and “Falling,” from “Adolescence” co-creator Jack Thorne – and ever more timely soccer reality show “Football Island.” The showcase will unroll once more at BAFTA 195 Piccadilly, on Wednesday Feb. 25, the showcase will run across two dedicated sessions – AM and PM, marking two dedicated sessions – AM and PM.

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Key Highlights

  • Related Stories How Ashley Padilla’s 'Mom Confession' Sketch Turned Her Into 'Saturday Night Live's' Standout Emmy Contender Anything written by Jack Thorne, now making headlines with Netflix bagging U. S.
  • rights to “Lord of the Flies,” is highly thoughtful and often deeply moving: Think Series Mania top prize winner “The Virtues.” As an added enticement, “Falling” weighs in as his first love story.
  • Popular on Variety Elsewhere, in some of its biggest scripted plays, Banijay brings either a modern mindset or a robustly modern setting and makeover to some huge scripted TV IPs.
  • A second show from The Forge, and one of the biggest B Banijay titles to be presented at the London TV Screenings, “A Woman of Substance,” marks a brand new adaptation of Barbara Taylor Bradford’s same-titled novel which sold over 30 million copies worldwide while a Channel 4 mini-series makeover in 1984 gave it 13.8 million viewers, its biggest audience ever.
  • With “Wallander” and “Half Man,” these are awaited high-profile premium scripted plays, to be presented in London, along with a slew of returning seasons.
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  1. Banijay Entertainment to Hit London TV Screenings With ‘A Woman of Substance’ and ‘Falling,’ Plus an Expansive Format Slate Lead by ‘Football Island’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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