‘The Doll Factory’ Lands At Free Streamer The Network; Italian Series ‘The Bad Guy’ Also Set

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EXCLUSIVE: The Doll Factory, the British series that stars The Sandman’s Esmé Creed-Miles, has found a U.S. home.

The series, which is based on Elizabeth Macneal’s book, will launch on free streamer The Network.

The six-part series, which was written by Charley Miles and directed by Sacha Polak, premiered on Paramount+ in the UK in 2023. It will launch in the U.S. on May 28.

The Doll Factory follows doll makers Iris Whittle (Creed-Miles) and her sister Rose (Mirren Mack) in Victorian London. Iris’ dreams of becoming an artist are impeded by her oppressive boss and rigid social structure of the 1850s. As young girls begin to go missing, Iris falls in with a shadowy, brutish painter Louis (George Webster) who promises her an education in the arts. Rose soon fears her sister is in more danger than she realizes, as shocking twists lie in wait.

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