{"id":11416,"date":"2019-06-10T09:50:10","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T13:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/imelda-staunton-russell-tovey-star-new-itv-family-drama\/"},"modified":"2019-06-10T15:13:21","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T19:13:21","slug":"imelda-staunton-russell-tovey-to-star-in-new-itv-family-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/imelda-staunton-russell-tovey-to-star-in-new-itv-family-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"Imelda Staunton, Russell Tovey to Star in New ITV Family Drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new four-part drama <em>Flesh and Blood<\/em>, from Silverprint Pictures (<em>Vera<\/em>, <em>Mr Selfridge<\/em>, <em>Shetland<\/em>) for ITV, has lined up among its cast Imelda Staunton, Francesca Annis and Russell Tovey.<\/p>\n<p>Staunton (<em>Maleficent<\/em>, <em>Paddington<\/em>, <em>Harry Potter<\/em>, <em>Vera Drake<\/em>), Annis (<em>Home Fires<\/em>, <em>The Little House<\/em>, <em>Cranford<\/em>) and Tovey (<em>Years and Years<\/em>, <em>Quantico<\/em>) will be joined by Stephen Rea (<em>Dickensian<\/em>, <em>War &amp; Peace<\/em>, <em>The Honourable Woman<\/em>) in the drama, which explores family dynamics and modern relationships as they spiral toward a tragedy and possible crime. The series is created and written by Sarah Williams (<em>The Long Song<\/em>, <em>Case Sensitive<\/em>, <em>Poppy Shakespeare)<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by BAFTA nominee and Grierson Award winner Louise Hooper (<em>Cheat<\/em>, <em>Vera<\/em>, <em>Cold Feet<\/em>), <em>Flesh and Blood<\/em> is a modern story of three adult siblings\u2014Helen (Claudie Blakley; <em>Manhunt<\/em>, <em>Grantchester<\/em>), Jake (Tovey) and Natalie (Lydia Leonard; <em>Gentleman<\/em> <em>Jack<\/em>, <em>Absentia<\/em>, <em>Apple Tree Yard<\/em>)\u2014who are thrown into disarray when their recently widowed mother Vivien (Annis) declares she\u2019s in love with a new man, Mark (Rea).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new four-part drama Flesh and Blood, from Silverprint Pictures (Vera, Mr Selfridge, Shetland) for ITV, has lined up among its cast Imelda Staunton, Francesca Annis and Russell Tovey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":11417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[321,2278],"class_list":["post-11416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-itv","tag-silverprint-pictures","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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