All3Media International is expanding its portfolio of FAST channels with the launch of new FAST channel Demand Drama, which will be available in the UK from April.

Demand Drama brings audiences titles from All3Media International’s scripted catalogue. The schedule mixes ‘cosy crime’ dramas and gripping crime thrillers with family-friendly favourites, landmark dramas and addictive soaps. The channel will also offer regular themed days, with the launch month schedule featuring a weekly ‘Crime Sundays’.

Featuring on the launch line-up are ‘cosy crime’ series Rose and Maloney starring Sarah Lancashire (Happy Valley) and award-winning crime thriller such as Jimmy McGovern’s anthology series Accused, led by a cast including Sean Bean, Christopher Eccleston, Olivia Colman, Juliet Stevenson, Sheridan Smith and Anne-Marie Duff. Also featuring on the crime drama slate is Lynda La Plante’s Above Suspicion, led by Ciarán Hinds and Kelly Reilly and the Royal Television Society and BAFTA award-winning Trial & Retribution, starring David Hayman, Iain Glen, Kate Buffery and Simon Callow will be available. SAS action-drama Ultimate Force led by Ross Kemp will b e featured along with Wild at Heart with Amanda Holden and Stephen Tomkinson beginning a new life in the African bush. Seasons 1 to 3 of mega youth hit Skins will also be available on the service.

Demand Drama will also showcase global English-speaking drama including Outrageous Fortune, Go Girls, Mean Mums and  Irish soap Red Rock.

Gary Woolf, EVP Strategic Development at All3Media International, commented, “We’re thrilled to launch Demand Drama, initially in the UK, and it’s a brand we will evolve as we look at additional markets. The channel brings award-winning, celebrated drama from our catalogue to the FAST space and our carefully scheduled approach means we can zone the dayparts to match shows to appropriate audiences.”