EXCLUSIVE: Robson Green ’s upcoming BBC detective drama The Northumbria Mysteries is coming to the international market after Banijay swooped for the rights.

Set against the sweeping Northumberland coastline and surrounding market towns, the drama centers on an unlikely crime-solving duo, led by Grantchester star Green. He stars as Joe Ruby, a jack-of-all-trades whose life has been shaped by mistakes and missed opportunities. Ruby works alongside ice-cool Oxford-educated detective Rose O’Connell. The pair combine their talents to unravel crime mysteries, confounding and surprising one another along the way, in classic odd couple style. Casting on the O’Connell character has not yet been revealed.

The series is being produced in the North East of England by Lonesome Pine Productions, which is based in the region.…