BBC America developing two new series

BBC America is developing two new series with Blighty shingle Clerkenwell Films, with BBC Worldwide disbursing.Sci-fi drama ''Wired'' originates from Steven Volk (''Afterlife'') and happens inside a world much like ours except that it's occupied by synthetic replicas of humans. Styles from the series include man's relationship with technology and just how that affects society values and morals.''The Dead Beat,'' from John Jackson (''Being Human''), is really a buddy cop drama by which among the officials is dead. ''We could not become more excited to become developing these British projects with Clerkenwell , our first originals within the sci-fi genre,'' BBC America g.m. Perry Simon stated. ''Supernatural Saturday has turned into a popular fixture on BBC America's schedule, and these two highly ideas give a new dimension to the programming.''BBC America signed a non-exclusive development cope with Clerkenwell in September.''There's an excellent energy behind this partnership,'' Clerkenwell Boss Murray Ferguson stated, ''The prospect of reaching a worldwide audience is exciting.'' Contact Jon Weisman at jon.weisman@variety.com