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All3Media International has announced a slate of new deals for both series of Clapperboard Studios, BlackBox MultiMedia and Night Train Media‘s The Ex-Wife, Following its recent premiere on Paramount+ in the UK, series 2 has been described as “a compelling potboiler” (The Guardian). The first series currently holds a score of 80% on Rotten Tomatoes and secured impressive ratings on 5 where it outperformed the slot average by 46%*, after its launch on Paramount+. With these global deals, All3Media International will have secured broadcast partners across more than 80 territories in North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and across Asia Pacific.

Multi-territory deals for both series will see The Ex-Wife travelling to new partners in Asia and Latin America. In Asia both series will be available across the region on BBC Studios’ premium SVOD drama channel BBC First, as well as its multi-genre SVOD service BBC Player in Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan. Additionally, NBCUniversal International Networks and DTC Latin America has also acquired two series of the gripping psychological thriller for Latin American audiences.

Recent acquisitions in Europe include DR (Denmark), NRK (Norway), Eesti (Estonia) and MTV Networks (France and French speaking territories). In Asia, series one has been licensed by Pumpkin Film in China and premiered in India on VR Films.

The second series will also be launching this year on BritBox in the US, Paramount+ in Australia, TV4 in Sweden, OSN in the Middle East and Pickbox in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia.

David Swetman, SVP Content and Commercial Strategy commented, "Clapperboard Studios, BlackBox MultiMedia, and Night Train Media have once again crafted a gripping, brilliantly written psychological thriller. Building on the global success of series one, we’re thrilled to bring the next chapter of The Ex-Wife to buyers worldwide. Following the second series premiering on Paramount+ in the UK, it’s fantastic to see so many top-tier partners—both new and returning—lining up to keep audiences on the edge of their seats."

The second series stars Céline Buckens, Tom Mison, Katie McGrath and Jordan Stephens. The four-part psychological thriller is a follow up to the hit 2022 series based on bestselling author Jess Ryder’s book of the same name.

The Ex-Wife Part 2 picks up three years after the dramatic conclusion of the first series. Tasha is on the run with her daughter Emily, living off-grid in Cyprus doing cleaning jobs and struggling to survive. In London, Jack’s ex-wife Jen has moved on with her life, is engaged to a new man in Connor but is still hiding the secret of faking Emily’s death. Tasha’s best friend Sam is cut off from her, having failed to make being a family with her and Emily work.

Their lives are turned upside down by Jack’s sudden release from prison. Still believing Emily’s death to be his fault, Jack has survived the car crash and appears to be a changed man, grieving the death of his daughter.

The Ex-Wife Part 2 was commissioned by Sebastian Cardwell, Deputy Chief Content Officer, UK, and Paul Testar, Commissioning Editor for Paramount+. The series will be exclusively available on Paramount+ UK & Ireland in 2025. All3Media International is the global partner on the series outside of the UK and Ireland.

The series is a co-production between Clapperboard Studios, BlackBox MultiMedia and Night Train Media, who provided international financing and controls worldwide distribution rights with All3Media International.

About The Ex-Wife Part 1

Tasha (Buckens) is living the dream: she has the perfect house, a loving husband Jack (Mison) and a beautiful little girl. But there’s one large blot on Tasha’s marital landscape, her husband’s ex-wife Jen who won’t leave them alone and seems intent on staying in the picture. When Tasha returns home one day to find her life turned upside down, she realises that the dream she is living may be about to turn into a nightmare.

About The Ex-Wife Part 2

The Ex-Wife 2 picks up three years after the dramatic conclusion of series one. Tasha is on the run with her daughter Emily, living off-grid in Cyprus doing cleaning jobs and struggling to survive. In London, Jack’s ex-wife Jen has moved on with her life, is engaged to a new man in Connor but is still hiding the secret of faking Emily’s death. Tasha’s best friend Sam is cut off from her, having failed to make being a family with her and Emily work.

Their lives are turned upside down by Jack’s sudden release from prison. Still believing Emily’s death to be his fault, Jack has survived his car crash and appears to be a changed man, grieving the death of his daughter and searching for redemption from Jen. With the shadow of the past haunting the characters, attempts at moving on only bring Jack closer to discovering his daughter is still alive and reveal the dark secret they have all kept from him. As a tangled web of lies threatens to unravel, who can each of them really trust, can anyone truly change, and how far will a parent go to protect their child?

*Source: All3Media Insight / BARB / TechEdge / AdvantEdge; +1 channel included.