ITV Commissions Eight-Part Thriller Paranoid

LONDON: ITV has commissioned the eight-part conspiracy thriller Paranoid from RED Production Company.

Indira Varma, Robert Glenister, Neil Stuke, Lesley Sharp and Kevin Doyle are to star in the new drama. The series is written by Bill Gallagher, whose previous credits include The Paradise, Conviction, Love Life and Lark Rise to Candleford. Paranoid will be produced by Tom Sherry (Prey, Ordinary Lies, Scott & Bailey) and executive produced by founder and director of RED Production Company, Nicola Shindler (Happy Valley, Ordinary Lies, Last Tango in Halifax), and writer and creator Gallagher. Mark Tonderai (The Five, House at the End of the Street, Whisper of Fear) will direct the series.

“We’re really excited to be working with Bill Gallagher again,” said Shindler. “He’s created a conspiracy thriller the audience won’t be able to look away from. It’s edgy, suspenseful and hugely ambitious as filming takes place in Cheshire and Germany.”

Sherry added: “Paranoid lays bare the human and emotional story of a group of detectives hell-bent on capturing a killer, but there are unexpected twists and turns every step of the way.”

“Paranoid is a taut, compelling eight-part series with all the hallmarks of a classic psychological thriller,” said ITV’s director of drama, Steve November. “Bill has written some incredibly well-defined characters who embark on a terrifying murder investigation as it becomes evident from the outset that malevolent forces are at play.”