Alexandra Roach (The Light in the Hall) and Joe Cole (Gangs of London) lead the cast of Nightsleeper, written by BAFTA award-winning writer Nick Leather (Murdered For Being Different) and made my Fremantle’s Euston Films for the BBC.
Nightsleeper is a real-time thriller for BBC iPlayer and BBC One. Created by BAFTA-winning writer Nick Leather, it is a six-part series in which a train is ‘hackjacked’ and driven through one single night from Glasgow to London on an uncertain journey. Part fast-moving heart-in-mouth action-adventure and part twisty-turny whodunnit detective story, it’s a roller coaster drama where no-one is ever quite who they seem.
Leading the fight are Joe Roag, a cop who is a passenger on the train and Abby Aysgarth, the acting technical director at the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). But who are they fighting? And how can they win against the self-styled ‘Driver’ who seems one step ahead of every solution?
Sharon Small as Liz Draycott. Photo: BBC
There’s a small team working the night shift alongside Abby and a handful of passengers left on the train with Joe but are they all as innocent as you’d think? Who can they trust? Who can we trust? Are there people on board who know more than they are letting on?
Produced by Fremantle’s Euston Films for BBC iPlayer and BBC One, the 6×60 series is written by Nick Leather (Murdered For Being Different) and stars Alexandra Roach (The Light in the Hall) and Joe Cole (Gangs of London).
David Threlfall as Paul Peveril. Photo: BBC
The series is executively produced by Euston Films’ managing director Kate Harwood, with Nick Leather, Jamie Magnus Stone and with Gaynor Holmes for the BBC. The series is directed by Jamie Magnus Stone (Doctor Who, Ten Pound Poms) and John Hayes (Dublin Murders). Created and written by Nick Leather with Laura Grace (Episodes 4 and 5). Producer is Jonathan Curling (The Sister, Baghdad Central). Co-Producer is Daisy Costello. Fremantle handles global distribution.
All episodes of Nightsleeper are available now on on BBC iPlayer.
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