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BBC Adapting Caleb Azumah Nelson’s Buzzy Debut ‘Open Water’ For TV As Drama Boss Lindsay Salt Says She Wants The Next Big Crime Show

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The BBC greenlights a TV adaptation of Caleb Azumah Nelson's acclaimed debut 'Open Water', aiming to find its next big crime drama hit.
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  • The BBC's drama chief Lindsay Salt is on the hunt for a new breakout crime series that can 'test the boundaries' of the genre
  • Novelist Caleb Azumah Nelson, whose debut 'Open Water' is being adapted, is a rising star whose work has been praised for its poetic, introspective style
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