EXCLUSIVE: Suranne Jones and Jodie Whittaker are teaming on an ITV heist thriller about two expert confidence tricksters separated by a 10-year jail sentence.
Gentleman Jack star Jones has created Frauds with Anne-Marie O’Connor, who she beforehand teamed with on ITV’s Maryland.
Jones will play Bert, who has spent the final decade in a Spanish jail cell with a burning need to drag off one last job that may show her value. Physician Who star Whittaker is Sam, her associate, who for the previous decade has been content material to reside a lifetime of quiet anonymity within the hills of Southern Spain. The story begins as Sam anxiously waits for Bert to be launched from a maximum-security jail on grounds of compassionate discharge. On the pretext of 1 last, multi-million-pound artwork heist, Bert makes an attempt to lure Sam out of retirement, however at what price?
The present comes from Ghosts producer Monumental Tv in affiliation with Jones’ indie TeamAkers.
Jones’ latest credit embrace two seasons of BBC hit Vigil. Upcoming is Movie Membership, the brand new BBC collection from Aimee Lou Wooden, and Netflix’s The Alternative from Matt Charman.
Former Physician Who lead Whittaker can subsequent be seen in Netflix’s Poisonous City, Jack Thorne’s collection about one of many UK’s largest environmental scandals.
Jones stated she had “all the time wished to work” with Whittaker. “Engaged on Frauds with Anne-Marie and Monumental for the final two years has been a wild trip,” she added. “We took the thought of poisonous feminine friendship and turned it on its head to provide the heist style an emotional heartbeat.”
The drama can be govt produced by Alison Owen (Maryland, Ghosts, Harlots) and Katie Kelly (Maryland, Harlots) on behalf of Monumental Tv, a part of ITV Studios. Debra Hayward, Alison Carpenter, Jill Forbes and Pat Tookey-Dickson additionally govt produce for Monumental. O’Connor and Jones are additionally EPing. Helen Ziegler, Senior Drama Commissioning Editor, is overseeing manufacturing on behalf of the broadcaster.
It has been a giant week for ITV drama. Yesterday, we revealed that the industrial internet is teaming with Australia’s Stan on a telephone hacking drama collection starring David Tennant, Toby Jones and Richard Carlyle.