BritBox International announced today the premiere date for Passenger, a new mystery series starring BAFTA Award winner Wunmi Mosaku.
Written by actor and newly-minted screenwriter Andrew Buchan (Broadchurch, The Honourable Woman, Better), Passenger explores a close-knit community whose members are unwilling to face their fears of change, of outsiders, and of the unknown.
Set in the fictional small Northern town of Chadder Vale, the six-episode mystery series stars multi-award winner Wunmi Mosaku (Loki, Black Mirror, We Own This City, Lovecraft Country) as Riya Ajunwa, a former Met Police detective who investigates a series of strange and inexplicable crimes that have the townsfolk spinning on an axis.
Riya arrived in decaying Chadder Vale five years ago and has since been searching for that “one big crime” — that singular challenge that will make her feel alive again. One night, local girl Katie Wells (Rowan Robinson, A Haunting in Venice) mysteriously disappears. The town barely has time to register her absence before she reappears the next day, apparently safe and sound. The townsfolk ask few questions and normal life resumes. But for Riya, a relative outsider to the Chadder Vale way of life, none of this sits right.
As a series of strange happenings and increasingly shocking crimes start unfolding within the town, the residents resort to short-sighted theories and blame outside influences, such as the fracking site and its manager, Jim Bracknell (David Threlfall, Shameless). As things become stranger, the people push back on Riya’s absurd notion that something is not right with this town.
Passenger, a BritBox Original, premieres with two episodes on Thursday, October 17, starting at 9pm ET, exclusively on BritBox. New episodes will be released in pairs through the finale on October 31.
(A heads-up for folks going to New York Comic Con: BritBox will be screening the premiere episode there, followed by a panel with the cast and creator.)
Costars also include Barry Sloane (The Bay), Arian Nik (Still So Awkward), Ella Bruccoleri (Call the Midwife), Natalie Gavin (Gentleman Jack), Daniel Ryan (The Bay), and Sean Gilder (Mary & George), amongst others.
Directed by Nicole Charles (The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies) and Lee Haven Jones (Doctor Who), the series is executive produced by Lucy Dyke (The Split, Eric) and Simon Maloney (Time, I May Destroy You) for Northern Sister, Jane Featherstone (This is Going to Hurt, Chernobyl) for SISTER, and Reemah Sakaan and Stephen Nye for BritBox International. It was commissioned for ITVX and ITV1 by ITV’s Head of Drama, Polly Hill. Series creator-writer Andrew Buchan also serves as associate producer for SISTER in association with Northern Sister. The series is produced by Sumrah Mohammed (The Split 3).
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