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Acclaimed actress Paula Malcomson (The Hunger Games trilogy, Ray Donovan, Deadwood) will take the lead role in Redemption, a six part drama jointly commissioned by ITV and Virgin Media Television, Ireland in association with Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland.
Filmed in Ireland, Redemption will be produced by leading independent production company, Tall Story Pictures, part of ITV Studios and producers of successful returning ITV drama The Bay. The project is being co-produced by Metropolitan Films, one of Ireland’s leading film and television production companies.
Created by Sean Cook (The Last Ship, The Code, Holby City) and executive produced by Tall Story Pictures’ Creative Director Catherine Oldfield (The Bay, Sticks and Stones, Trauma) and Executive Producer Patrick Schweitzer (Bancroft, Save Me, SSGB), the drama introduces plain speaking, no nonsense DI Colette Cunningham, whose fearless approach to policing has earned her the
The eagerly anticipated crime drama was filmed at locations across Sussex last year. It is based on the international best-selling book Dead Simple by Sussex author Peter James. We asked Argus readers if they were excited to watch the series and the response was overwhelming. BREAKING NEWS I am so excited to confirm that Grace starts Sunday 14 March at 8 pm on @ITV! Many expressed their joy that John Simm had been cast as Detective Roy Grace and said they had high hopes for his performance. Jenny Taylor said: “I have read all the Roy Grace books and can’t wait for the TV series. John Simm will be great as Grace.”
A TRAILER for new ITV drama Grace has been released, with plenty of familiar sites for people from Sussex. The drama was shot in locations across the county, with the bulk of the action taking place in Brighton. Brighton Palace Pier and West Pier both feature in the one-minute teaser, along with several shots of the seafront and the beach huts along Hove promenade.
Watch the trailer below: ITV has now confirmed that the 120-minute show will air for the first time at 8pm on Sunday, March 14. It is based on the international best-selling book Dead Simple by Sussex author Peter James, and follows fictitious Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, played by John Simm, as he looks to track down a property developer who went missing just days before his wedding.
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Marsha Thomason joins The Bay in lead role as ITV orders a third series from Tall Story Pictures
ITV and Tall Story Pictures, part of ITV Studios, today announce that Cobra star Marsha Thomason is set to join ITV’s hit crime drama, The Bay, for its third series.
Sold in over 100 territories across the world, series 1 achieved consolidated audiences of 7 million viewers with a share of 26% across six episodes. The second series currently on air is averaging over 7.5m viewers across all transmissions and devices, based on consolidated figures to date. On ITV Hub, The Bay Series 1 and Series 2 have earned a massive 19.8m programme streams since 18th December (when The Bay Series 1 dropped on ITV Hub), with 19.2m of these coming in 2021.