Safe House Returning to ITV

LONDON: ITV has slated a brand-new season of the original event drama Safe House, with Stephen Moyer (True Blood, The Bastard Executioner, Shots Fired) in the lead role.

Produced by Eleventh Hour Films, Safe House will begin filming later this month with an all-new cast and crime story. Moyer plays ex-police officer Tom Brook, who runs a police safe house. He is joined by actress Zoe Tapper (Mr Selfridge, Lewis) playing his partner Sam.

In the 4×1-hour series, Tom and Sam’s world is turned upside down when news of a shocking crime breaks. Years ago Tom investigated a series of abductions perpetrated by an assailant known as The Crow, who took wives away from husbands as they helplessly watched. The new crime bears the same hallmarks.

ITV’s controller of drama, Victoria Fea, said: “We’re delighted to be working on a brand new series of Safe House with Eleventh Hour Films. The format lends itself beautifully to creating a suspenseful drama with a new set of characters in a new safe house. As always Ed and Tracey’s scripts are gripping and compelling with twists and turns that shock and take you by surprise.”

Jill Green at Eleventh Hour Films added: “It’s brilliant to have enticed Stephen back to the U.K. for a completely new Safe House and thrilling story, proving the power of the brand.”