UKTV’s catalogue of original drama continues to grow, with the latest commission of The Red King for leading crime drama channel Alibi.
The six-part series is created and written by Toby Whithouse and produced by Quay Street Productions, in association with ITV Studios, which will handle international distribution, and be supported by North East Screen. Filming starts today and features a star-studded line up with Anjli Mohindra playing Grace Narayan, Adjoa Andoh as Lady Heather Nancarrow and Marc Warren as Dr Ian Prideaux.
Toby Whithouse:
“Working with Quay Street and UKTV has been a genuine joy. This has been a passion project for all of us. A genre-bending mystery, combining drama, suspense and horror, starring some of the best actors in television. We’re so excited to share these characters and their stories with you.”
Smart, capable and by the book Grace Narayan (Mohindra) was flying high as an inner-city police sergeant before being forced into a ‘punishment posting’ on the small, antiquated island of St. Jory. Confronted by the forgotten and unsolved case of missing teenage boy Cai, Grace quickly discovers that she must overcome scarce evidence, extraordinary local characters, and the island’s strange cult history to uncover the truth.
The Red King is described by UKTV as ‘a character-driven mystery-thriller, that combines the powerful story of a knotty police investigation with chilling, atmospheric folk-horror through the island’s eerie past devotion to a pagan God called the Red King and the cult of the True Way.’
Davina Earl, Executive Producer, Quay Street Productions:
“The Red King has been such an exciting project to bring to the screen, working with the team at UKTV. Toby Whithouse has a wonderfully distinctive voice, and his scripts are deeply intriguing, darkly funny and truly scary. The cast are a stellar mix of some of our most well-known and beloved actors. Plus, we get to showcase the North East as we create this compelling and atmospheric drama, which, as a North Easterner, is incredibly rewarding.”
