ITVX has confirmed its casting for a gripping psychological thriller, Platform 7, which has been written by a Melton-born Author.
BAFTA-nominated Jasmine Jobson has been confirmed as lead in new ITVX drama, Platform 7, from Dancing Ledge Productions, adapted by BAFTA and international Emmy award-winning screenwriter Paula Milne from the bestselling novel by Louise Doughty.
Louise Doughty who was born in Melton and raised in Oakham, is an author with nine novels to her name, including the no 1 bestseller Apple Tree Yard, which has been translated into thirty languages. Her most recent book is PlatformSeven. She has also written one work of non-fiction, five plays for radio and the BBC One three-part original drama Crossfire, starring Keeley Hawes.
Jasmine Jobson (Top Boy, Noughts and Crosses) will take the lead role of Lisa in gripping psychological thriller, Platform 7 which will air on ITVX.
Jasmine, most recently known for her Bafta-nominated role as Jaq in Top Boy, will be joined by Toby Regbo as Matt (Chivalry, A Discovery of Witches) Yaamin Chowdhury (The Lazarus Project, The Essex Serpent) as Akash and Phil Davis as Edward (Trying, Viewpoint).
Jasmine Jobson has been named as the lead role. Photo: ITV Studios/Dancing Ledge Productions
Jasmine said: “I’m super excited to be taking the lead in this amazing psychological thriller, based on Louise Doughty’s phenomenal best-selling novel. I’m also thrilled that I get to show audiences a completely different side to what I can do on screen with this character.”
Commissioned by ITV’s Head of Drama Polly Hill from Fremantle’s Dancing Ledge Productions, (The Responder, The Salisbury Poisonings), the 4x60” series has been adapted by acclaimed and multi award-winning screenwriter Paula Milne (Him, The Politician’s Husband, White Heat) from the globally renowned, best-selling novel of the same title by Louise Doughty.
Platform 7 will be an ITVX premiere, exclusive to ITV’s new free streaming service, many months ahead of linear transmission on the ITV1 main channel. Fremantle will handle the international distribution of the drama.
The drama is a haunting thriller following central character Lisa who, after witnessing a cataclysmic event on platform 7 of a railway station, finds her own fragmented memory jogged to reveal a connection between her own life and that of the event she has just witnessed. Supernatural elements combine with contemporary realism in this chilling drama.
Recent television adaptations of Louise Doughty’s work include Apple Tree Yard. She has also written the original drama and Crossfire which is also produced by Dancing Ledge Productions.
Platform 7 is adapted by one of the UK’s most accomplished screenwriters, Paula Milne. The multi award-winning screenwriter is best known for The Politician’s Wife, Him, White Heat and The Virgin Queen.
Filming, which took place around Leeds and Yorkshire has now completed on Platform 7.
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