half a million for the fifth. A second and third series (of four episodes each) were transmitted in August 2014 and January 2015 respectively. London Kills In March 2018 Acorn TV commissioned Marquess to produce a new UK based police procedural to show exclusively on its SVOD platform, the second of its original commissions for the channel. The show was written by Paul Marquess, Sally Tatchell, Sarah Louise Hawkins, Claire Fryer and Jake Riddell and starred Hugo Speer, Sharon Small, Bailey Patrick and Tori Allen Martin. The first series transmitted in February 2019 to favourable reviews. A second series has already been shot and awaits a transmission date. In April 2019, Variety announced that London Kills had been acquired by public service broadcaster BBC to play in its daytime schedule. Hope Street In 2021, serial drama Hope Street, co-created and co-executive produced by Marquess premiered on BBC One Northern Ireland, with eventual broadcasts on BBC One and Britbox. Marquess stated that his aim whilst creating the series was to make a long-running, local drama. Due to being born in Belfast, he wanted to avoid the stereotypes that come with Northern Irish media portrayals, instead focusing on the "humour and warmth" of the area. Marquess and colleague Susan Farrell decided that the series should not focus on serial killers or the Troubles, but instead on the resilience of the community in Northern Ireland. Another of Marquess' aims was to increase the amount of television productions in Northern Ireland, specifically since he had moved from the country to pursue a career in production in his youth. Himself and Farrell created a cast and crew almost entirely formed of local talent from in and around Donaghadee, where the series is filmed. On the Northern Irish BBC iPlayer, Hope Street received 1.6million streams on the first five episodes of series one. Metros Stephen Patterson reviewed the serial and gave it a four out of five stars, noting that Marquess had succeeded in his aims for the series. References External links 1964 births Living people Mass media people from Belfast Television producers from Northern Ireland LGBT people from Northern Ireland