Killing Eve Prequel 'Honey' To World Premiere At MIPCOM — SkimNews
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- Honey will world premiere at MIPCOM Cannes on Monday at 6 p.m. CET (9 a.m. PT), followed by a screening with creator Emma Moran, actor Ann Skelly, EP Sally Woodward Gentle, and Fifth Season EVP Jennifer Ebell.
- BBC and ZDF co-produced Honey as a Cold War thriller set in East Berlin in 1982, centering MI6 deep cover agent Martha—played by Ann Skelly—in what the show describes as a Cold War ménage-à-trois, alongside Nate Mann, Jannis Niewöhner, and Rory Kinnear.
- Deadline revealed last year that Honey traces the early life of Carolyn Martens, the character Fiona Shaw played to a BAFTA win in Killing Eve, though the article notes BBC and ZDF have yet to publicly acknowledge the prequel connection.
- Fifth Season is handling worldwide sales and will bow the series alongside Prime Video and ProSiebenSat.1's royal period drama Queen Silvia at MIPCOM, with the source calling Honey "one of the biggest shows going to MIPCOM."
- The series was written by Emma Moran and Emme Hoy, directed by Toby MacDonald and Michelle Savill, and produced by Christopher Hall, emerging from the same BBC-ZDF partnership behind A Good Girl's Guide to Murder.
Why it matters: For international buyers assembling 2026 slates at MIPCOM, Fifth Season is anchoring its offering with a Cold War prestige drama that Deadline has linked to the Killing Eve universe—giving the show franchise equity before the public broadcasters have confirmed the prequel tie. The BBC-ZDF co-production model continues to generate globally saleable genre titles, with Honey positioned as a flagship alongside Queen Silvia.
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