Channel 4 has acquired UK rights for two dramas from US cable network HBO, True Blood and Generation Kill.
True Blood, a 12-part series starring Anna Paquin and British actor Stephen Moyer, is set in the not-too-distant future when vampires can survive on synthetic rather than human blood. Paquin recently won best drama actress in the Golden Globes for her performance in the series.
The creator and executive producer of True Blood is Alan Ball, who created Six Feet Under, while the story is based on the novels of Charlaine Harris.
Channel 4 has also acquired the UK terrestrial rights for Generation Kill, the latest project from David Simon, the creator of The Wire. Generation Kill, which had its UK TV premiere on digital channel FX on Sunday, is a seven-part miniseries from HBO Films that tells the story of the first 40 days of the 2003 Iraq war through the eyes of a group of young US marines. The drama is based on a book by Rolling Stone reporter Evan Wright, who was embedded with a US marine unit during the second Iraq war.
The Channel 4 head of acquisitions, Gill Hay, said both series would find a "natural home" on Channel 4. "We are thrilled to bring more fresh, imaginative and bold US drama to Channel 4 audiences," Hay added.
"True Blood and Generation Kill are examples of HBO programming at its thought-provoking and challenging best."
Both programmes will be broadcast on Channel 4 later in 2009.
Caitlin Fitzsimmons
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 27 January 2009 16.11 GMT
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