The BBC has introduced their upcoming four-part sequence, Reunion, led by Matthew Gurney (Identify Me Lawand, Theatre Advert Infinitum).
Lara Peake (Methods to Have Intercourse), Anne-Marie Duff (Dangerous Sisters, The Salisbury Poisonings), Eddie Marsan (Again to Black, Ray Donovan) and Rose Ayling-Ellis (Summer time of Rockets, As You Like It) will even star within the thriller, made by Warp Movies for BBC One and BBC iPlayer. This system has began filming in and round Sheffield, the U.Okay., this week.
Written by Sheffield-born deaf artistic William Mager, Reunion is an “emotional thriller of revenge and redemption following the journey of Daniel Brennan, a deaf man decided to proper his wrongs, whereas unraveling the reality behind the occasions that led him to jail.”
The sequence marks a milestone in inclusive storytelling, with nearly all of solid and lots of members of the crew being deaf or utilizing British Signal Language (BSL), together with Strictly Come Dancing winner Ayling-Ellis.
Gurney leads the solid as lately launched prisoner Daniel Brennan. Brennan “embodies the battle of a person caught between two worlds, unable to completely combine into the listening to world and shunned by his closest pals and the broader deaf group following his heinous crime.”
His solely significant relationship is together with his estranged daughter Carly, performed by Peake, who he has not had any contact with since his arrest over a decade in the past.
Duff stars as Christine, determined to seek out Brennan and get to the reality of what he did, and Marsan as Stephen Renworth, Christine’s protecting boyfriend, whereas Ayling-Ellis will play Miri, her daughter.
The solid will even embody Stephen Collins (Dune: Half One) as Sean, Ace Mahbaz (Small World) as Ray Mokhtar, Sophie Stone (The Chelsea Detective) as Naomi Brennan, and Olive Grey (Halo) as Anna Shenford, Joe Sims (Broadchurch) as Joe Summers. Additionally becoming a member of the solid are Julian Peedle-Calloo (Louder Than Phrases) as Gardner, Cherie Gordon (Boat Story) as Tasha, Rinkoo Barpaga (You Don’t Know Me) as Vinay, James Joseph Boyle as Matthew, Duffy (Small World) as David, Joanne Harrison as Brennan’s mum, and David Hirshman (Indicators of an Affair) as Brennan’s dad.
Gurney stated: “William’s scripts are electrifying and it’s a privilege to carry Brennan to life on this gripping story of revenge, redemption and reconciliation.”
Duff added: “I’m genuinely thrilled to be part of this very thrilling manufacturing. It’s uncommon to witness a story the place the viewers is taken on a journey with a really totally different set of senses. It’s about our must acknowledge one another’s truths — each inside our personal households and past. The workforce is so extraordinary. I really feel very honored to be rubbing shoulders with them”.
Reunion is created and written by William Mager. The sequence is directed by Luke Snellin (One Day, Wanderlust), with Helen Ostler (The Final Kingdom, Crime) as producer, and Siobhan Morgan (Waterloo Highway, Hollyoaks) as affiliate producer.
Mark Herbert and Gwen Gorst are government producers for Warp Movies, alongside sequence author William Mager, with Rebecca Ferguson and Jo McClellan for the BBC. BBC Studios will distribute the sequence internationally.