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UKTV has ordered a new ten part drama series for its flagship channel, Watch, which will mark the channel’s first original drama commission.

Legion is the creation of Tony Jordan and comes from his Red Planet Pictures company.

It’s described as “a bold and exciting new drama series which follows criminologist Nathan Jones who, after learning the devastating news that his 10 year old daughter has an inoperable brain tumour, scours the globe in search of a possible treatment. His desperate quest for a cure brings him to the very edge of humanity, forcing him into one last throw of the dice, making a deal with the Devil to save the life of his child.

“When Nathan realises that he’s been tricked, he undertakes to renegotiate his contract by fighting the Devil’s work on earth wherever he finds it, ultimately leading him to a startling discovery – a revelation which will change the world as we know it forever.”

“Legion is my ultimate passion project,” Jordan explained, “the one that I have been working on and trying to perfect for almost fifteen years; the one that has sat in my bottom drawer just waiting for the right time and place for this story to be told.”

Once co-production partners are secured, and locations found, Legion will enter production.