M-Net orders Goalpost, Quizzical drama South African pay TV network M-Net has ordered a new police series titled Detective Cooper from Australia’s Goalpost Pictures and local prodco Quizzical Pictures. Malla Nunn The series is an adaptation of Malla Nunn’s novel A Beautiful Place To Die, part of the Detective Emmanuel Cooper series of books set in South Africa. Detective Cooper is a white detective in the apartheid era who is forced to conceal his mixed-race heritage. Goalpost initially optioned the rights to four of the novels last April, while Quizzical Pictures is known for award-winning series Intersexions. James McNamara and Amy Jephta have adapted the book for TV, while Goalpost’s Sarah Christie is development producer.