Netflix announces huge string of new British dramas starring Coronation Street, Peaky Blinders and Happy Valley stars
NETFLIX has shared details for four new dramas featuring stars of Coronation Street, EastEnders and Sex Education.
The streaming giant has unveiled famous British faces in upcoming shows The Choice, Missing You, Adolescence, and House Of Guinness. Here’s everything we know about them so far.
The Choice
Coronation Street legend Suranne Jones, who has just starred in series two of Vigil, will lead political thriller The Choice.
Suranne, 45, plays recently elected Prime Minister Abigail Dalton, who is fighting for office thanks to a healthcare crisis.
When Dalton’s husband is kidnapped and French President Vivienne Touissant (Julie Delpy) is blackmailed, they both face unimaginable choices.
House Of Guinness
Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight pens this drama about the famous Guinness dynasty.
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Set in 19th-century Dublin and New York, the show follows the consequences after the death of Benjamin Guinness, the man responsible for the success of the Guinness brewery.
It also highlights the impact of his cunning will on the fate of his four children, Arthur, Edward, Anne and Ben and a group of Dublin characters who interact with the Guinness juggernaut.
Missing You
Based on a novel by Harlan Coben, Missing You follows Detective Kat Donovan, whose fiancé Josh, the love of her life, disappeared 11 years ago.
After she comes across Josh’s face on a dating app, his reappearance forces Kat to revisit the mystery surrounding her father’s murder and uncover long-buried secrets from her past.
Missing You will star Rosalind Eleazar, who has appeared opposite Gary Oldman in AppleTV+ thriller Slow Horses.
It will also feature Richard Armitage (Fool Me Once), Steve Pemberton (Happy Valley), Paul Kaye (The Stranger), Samantha Spiro (Sex Education) and former EastEnders actresses Lisa Faulkner and Jessica Plummer.
Adolescence
Adolescence is a four-part crime drama by Stephen Graham (Peaky Blinders), filmmaker Philip Barantini (Boiling Point), and writer Jack Thorne (The Swimmers).
Stephen, 50, has co-written the show alongside Jack while Philip will direct.
Casting will be announced in due course.
The Undertow
Jamie Dornan, who has just starred in series two of The Tourist, will lead crime noir series The Undertow.
He will star as identical twins Adam and Lee, alongside Black Mirror actress Mackenzie Davis as Nicola, Adam’s wife.
Meanwhile, Glaswegian actor Iain de Caestecker (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) has been cast in another lead role as Marty, Lee’s best friend who is a police constable.
The Undertow will shoot at locations in the Scottish Highlands and Islands including Sutherland and the Isle of Mull, for their breath-taking beauty.
Nira Park from Complete Fiction, who will produce the new series, says: “From the winding mountain roads, the lochs that reflect an endless sky, and the sea that promises both escape and danger, The Undertow captures the claustrophobia, isolation and breathtaking beauty of a small coastal community, as lies from the past flood back and threaten to destroy it.”
Department Q
Crime series Department Q stars Matthew Goode and is currently shooting in Edinburgh.
The show co-stars leading Scottish acting talent including Chloe Pirrie (Carnival Row), Mark Bonnar (World on Fire), as well as Trainspotting’s Kelly Macdonald and Shirley Henderson.
Jamie Sives, Leah Byrne and Kate Dickie also star.
Award-winning showrunner Scott Frank created the drama.
Rob Bullock, executive producer for Left Bank, who are producing the series, says: "Scott fell in love with Edinburgh from the very first recce. Department Q is a beautiful thriller - and Edinburgh, with its magnificent cityscape and setting, is key to the character of the show"
"We learned that many shows set in Edinburgh are actually filmed predominantly in Glasgow.
“We decided early on to film Edinburgh for Edinburgh in all its glory. And we hope it will be one of the many things that sets Department Q apart.
"Coming to Edinburgh we already had high hopes of not just of the locations but also the local crew. And the experience of filming has exceeded both."
Lockerbie
Lockerbie, a co-production with the BBC and in association with MGM Television and Night Train Media is shooting in Scotland now.
Sex Education star Connor Swindells, who played Adam Groff, has been cast in the lead role.
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He is starring opposite Patrick J. Adams (Suits), Merrit Wever (Nurse Jackie), Phyllis Logan (Downton Abbey) and Eddie Marsan (The Pact), to name just a few.
Lockerbie is a factual drama based on the real events surrounding the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, as well as the joint US-Scots investigation which sought to bring the perpetrators to justice.