EXCLUSIVE: The Netherlands is TV hotspot for formats as the home of shows including The Traitors and Big Brother. It has not, however, ever had a rep for period drama. Grand Hotel by the Sea is attempting to change that, and ZDF Studios has boarded it for international sales, with presales on the agenda at the London TV Screenings next week.
Billed as the first romantic period drama produced in the Netherlands, Grand Hotel by the Sea was created by Fleur Winters, whose credits include The Crashand vampire series Heirs of the Night, which sold to the BBC in the UK among others. Winters’ prodco Big Blue is making Grand Hotel by the Sea as a co-production with Dutch pubcaster KRO‑NCRV and Belgian broadcaster VRT.
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