{"id":12809,"date":"2020-02-21T09:34:02","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T14:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/jed-mercurios-htm-television-preps-new-itv-thriller\/"},"modified":"2020-02-21T11:16:23","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T16:16:23","slug":"jed-mercurios-htm-television-preps-new-itv-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/jed-mercurios-htm-television-preps-new-itv-thriller\/","title":{"rendered":"Jed Mercurio\u2019s HTM Television Preps New ITV Thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ITV has commissioned the new thriller <em>Trigger Point<\/em>, starring Vicky McClure, written by Daniel Brierley and produced by Jed Mercurio\u2019s HTM Television.<\/p>\n<p>The new drama, set in contemporary London, deals in the worlds of counter-terrorism policing and the work of the Metropolitan Police Bomb Disposal Squad. McClure (<em>Line of Duty<\/em>, <em>I Am Nicola<\/em>) will play front line officer Lana Washington, who is an experienced bomb disposal operative.<\/p>\n<p>Mercurio (<em>Line of Duty<\/em>, <em>Bodyguard<\/em>, <em>Critical<\/em>, <em>Bodies<\/em>) will executive produce the drama alongside Jimmy Mulville, Mark Redhead and Jessica Sharkey for HTM Television, with Julia Stannard serving as producer.<\/p>\n<p>McClure commented: \u201cSo grateful to be working with Jed again. I\u2019m really looking forward to creating a strong, bright and troubled character in Lana Washington. Daniel Brierley has produced a brilliant and nail-biting script. I can\u2019t wait to get started later this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ITV&#8217;s head of drama, Polly Hill, said: \u201c<em>Trigger Point<\/em> has you on the edge of your seat from the start. It&#8217;s a brilliant script by Daniel and I can&#8217;t believe this is his first commission. I&#8217;m delighted to be working with Jed who knows better than anyone how to bring these thrillers to screen and Vicky is the perfect Lana. It&#8217;s a fabulous team and an exciting show for ITV.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mercurio said: &#8220;Everyone at HTM Television is honored Vicky McClure will star in <em>Trigger Point<\/em>, Daniel Brierley&#8217;s breathless thriller that will have viewers on the edge of their seats. We&#8217;re immensely grateful to Polly Hill and ITV for giving this opportunity to a brand-new writer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Brierley added: \u201cI&#8217;m thrilled to be working with Jed, HTM and ITV to bring <em>Trigger Point<\/em> to the screen. I couldn&#8217;t ask for a better Lana than Vicky and it&#8217;s an honor to be given the chance to tell the exciting and unknown story of the brave EXPO officers who risk their lives every day to keep us safe.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITV has commissioned the new thriller Trigger Point, starring Vicky McClure, written by Daniel Brierley and produced by Jed Mercurio\u2019s HTM Television.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":12810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[3717,321,3086],"class_list":["post-12809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-htm-television","tag-itv","tag-jed-mercurio","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jed Mercurio\u2019s HTM Television Preps New ITV Thriller - 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