AcclaimedBritishactorChristopherEccleston(TheLeftovers,Thor:TheDarkWorld)willbejoinedbyMarshaThomason(WhiteCollar)andPatersonJoseph(TheLeftovers,Law&Order:UK)inanewfour-partdramaseriesSafeHousefromEleventhHourFilms.SafeHouseisatensethrillersetinthebeautifulwildernessoftheLakeDistrict.ThecastwillalsoincludeJasonMerrells(Emmerdale,WaterlooRoad),NicolaStephenson(AllAtSea,HolbyCity),andPeterFerdinando(DoctorWho,AFieldinEngland)andissettocommencefilmingtoday;Monday6thOctober.The4-partdramatellsthestoryofamarriedcouple:Robert(ChristopherEccleston)aformerdetectiveandKaty(MarshaThomason)ateacherwhoareaskedbyclosefriendandpoliceofficerMark(PatersonJoseph),toturntheirremoteGuestHouseintoaSafeHouse.Theirfirst‘guests’attheSafeHouse,areafamilyinfearoftheirlivesaftertheyareviolentlyattackedbysomeonewhoclaimstoknowthem.ForRobertprotectingthefamilyresurrectsfearsandanxietiesboundupinaterrifyingnighteighteenmonthsago-wherehewasprotectingastarwitnesswhowasabouttotestifyagainstherganglandhusband.Unexpectedly,hewasshot,andshewaskilled.AsaconsequenceofrunningtheSafeHouse,Robertre-questionsthisincidentanduncoversaweboflies.Inspiredbyarealcouple,SafeHouseisadistinctivecharacter-drivendramacreatedandwrittenbyMichaelCrompton(Kidnap&Ransom,Carrie’sWar),anddirectedbyaward-winningMarcEvans(Hinterland,Collision)andproducedbyAndrewBenson(Strikeback,MadDogs).ItisbeingdevelopedbyEleventhHourFilms’PaulaCuddy,whoisalsoanExecutiveProducer,alongsideJillGreen.SafeHouseispotentiallyareturnableseriesforITVandEleventhHourFilmsandwascommissionedbyITV’sDirectorofDrama,SteveNovemberandControllerofDrama,VictoriaFea.“We’redelightedtocommissionSafeHousefromJillGreenandEleventhHourFilms.It’sacompellingfour-partdramafromMichaelCromptonwithgreatcharactersandgenuinetwistswhichkeepyouguessingrighttotheend.”JillGreen(Foyle’sWar,Collision,TheAmerican)said:“Thisbrilliantideaforapsychologicalthrillerhasattractedastrongcast–andwillkeepviewersgripped.”
