‘Fool Me Once’ Producer Quay Street Lands Next Project For BBC
Fool Me Once producer Quay Street Productions has landed a BBC thriller series starring Eve Myles and Gabrielle Creevy. The Guest comes from Matthew Barry, who was also behind Quay Street’s Russell Davies-produced Men Up drama for the Beeb. The Guest centers on the toxic and beguiling relationship between a successful business owner, Fran, and her employee, Ria. Ria has never had the time or opportunity to think about what she might actually want from the world. So, when she starts cleaning for Fran, she’s intoxicated by this confident and self-assured woman who encourages her to take control of her life, but soon a manipulative cat-and-mouse game emerges. Myles leads BBC hit drama Keeping Faith, while Gabrielle Creevy will soon star in Sky’s high-profile Mozart series Amadeus as the musical genius’s wife. The Guest...
Fool Me Once producer Quay Street Productions has landed a BBC thriller series starring Eve Myles and Gabrielle Creevy. The Guest comes from Matthew Barry, who was also behind Quay Street’s Russell Davies-produced Men Up drama for the Beeb. The Guest centers on the toxic and beguiling relationship between a successful business owner, Fran, and her employee, Ria. Ria has never had the time or opportunity to think about what she might actually want from the world. So, when she starts cleaning for Fran, she’s intoxicated by this confident and self-assured woman who encourages her to take control of her life, but soon a manipulative cat-and-mouse game emerges. Myles leads BBC hit drama Keeping Faith, while Gabrielle Creevy will soon star in Sky’s high-profile Mozart series Amadeus as the musical genius’s wife. The Guest...
- 9/23/2024
- by Max Goldbart and Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
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The aforementioned character is Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), the illegitimate, mixed race daughter of an Admiral (Matthew Goode), who is left with her aristocratic great uncle Lord Mansfield (Tom Wilkinson). Though reluctant at first, eventually the esteemed judge agrees to raise the young girl as his own flesh and blood, though as she grows older she becomes more aware of the restrictions in place,...
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- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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