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ABS-CBN Corporation, the premiere media and entertainment company in the Philippines, and BBC Studios have officially announced a new scripted format agreement that will see the psychological British drama series Doctor Foster remade for the Filipino audience. This will make the Philippines the sixth international market to license the said format which has already been adapted in South Korea, France, Russia, Turkey and India.
Originally written by Mike Barlett and produced by Drama Republic, the award-winning series centres around a trusted doctor whose life implodes when she suspects her husband for having an affair. The South Korean adaptation of the series, The World Of The Married Couple, gained a strong foothold among Filipino online viewers making it a top trending topic on social media and eventually became the highest-rating drama series in Philippine pay TV history when it aired on ABS-CBN's Kapamilya Channel last June 2020. Slated to go into production later this year, the Philippine adaptation of Doctor Foster will be produced by ABS-CBN Entertainment with ABS-CBN President and CEO Carlo Katigbak, ABS-CBN Chief Operating Officer Of Broadcast Cory Vidanes, ABS-CBN Entertainment Production Head Laurenti M. Dyogi and Dreamscape Entertainment Head Deo Endrinal as executive producers.
“It truly is an honour to know that Doctor Foster will be coming to life in the Philippines under the extraordinary creative team at ABS-CBN Entertainment. I know that they will not only craft a unique and special story, but that they will capture the complex struggle of modern relationships from the perspective of the strong female character that sits at the heart of this series. I am confident this will be a hit among the Filipino audiences," said BBC Studios Senior Vice-President For Format Sales André Renaud. “We are most grateful to BBC Studios for entrusting ABS-CBN Entertainment with the Philippine version of Doctor Foster. It is a privilege for us to be able to produce this highly engaging and relatable story for the Filipino audience. A scorned woman’s strength is real as she fights to stay whole when the marriage and family she values most is falling apart. True to our commitment to serve the Filipino, we are excited to create our own retelling of this beautiful story, to see the characters come alive with unique Filipino elements that will definitely excite our audiences," Vidanes stated.
