ITV Gets Protection As The Trailer For The New Thriller Series Launches
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Protection, the new thriller series starring Siobhan Finneran, Nadine Marshall and Katherine Kelly will launch on ITV and ITVX.
The new thriller, Protection, starring Siobhan Finneran, Nadine Marshall and Katherine Kelly, launches Sunday, 16th March, on ITV and ITVX. Protection is a thriller about what happens when the clandestine and morally grey witness protection system breaks down. Kris Mrksa, an acclaimed screenwriter, created and wrote Protection. This series is produced by New Pictures, a multi-award-winning company known for its work on Des, The Missing, The Long Shadow, and Dalgliesh. New Pictures is part of All3Media.
The series stars Siobhan Finneran (Happy Valley, Alma’s Not Normal, Time, The Stranger), Nadine Marshall (Champion, Sherwood, Trigger Point) and Katherine Kelly (Mr Bates vs. The Post Office, The Long Shadow, Criminal: UK). With an additional cast including Barry Ward (Bad Sisters, Save Me) and Chaneil Kular (Sex Education).
PREMISE
Witness protection is often glamorised as keeping innocent witnesses safe from harm. But the truth is darker, murkier, and far more complex. Many protected people are themselves criminals. It’s a life of moral compromise. It also involves maximum secrecy, false identities, and a world where you can’t trust your own colleagues.
Based on the first-hand experiences of a long-serving witness protection officer, Protection is about what happens when the system breaks down. It’s about a police officer, Detective Inspector Liz Nyles (Siobhan Finneran). Who finds herself at the heart of such a breach; personally compromised by an affair with a colleague. But determined to fight back, and uncover the true source of corruption within her unit. To redeem herself, the reputation of her lover, and to keep her witnesses safe. Even if they don’t always deserve it.
Navigating the morally grey, clandestine world of witness protection, Liz’s mission to find the truth will take her deep into the heart of the criminal underbelly. And beyond as she becomes more and more torn between caring for her family. Her loyalty to her lover and her duty as a police officer. This is the story of a smart, tough cop, out of her depth in a world where nothing is as it seems.
With a deft narrative that engages from the outset, Kris Mrksa creates suspenseful twists. And with every hairpin turn perfectly navigates the story to ensure the audience won’t know who to believe and who is telling the truth.
INSPIRED BY
The series is inspired by a real-life witness protection officer who served as a consultant for the show. New Pictures Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Willow Grylls (Des, The Missing, The Long Shadow) and Charlie Hampton (The Spanish Princess, The Deceived) executive produce Protection alongside Elaine Pyke and Kris Mrksa. The series is produced by Rebecca Davies, with Tracy Chapman as line producer.
Protection is directed by Simen Alsvik (Fenris, The Nest, Neste Sommer) and Sasha Ransome (Cobra, McDonald & Dodds). The writers are Kris Mrksa (Episodes 1, 3 and 6), Polly Buckle (Episodes 2 and 4) and Giula Sandler (Episode 5).
Protection launches on March 16th on ITV and ITVX
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