{"id":17446,"date":"2022-09-02T08:46:48","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T12:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/new-crime-thriller-payback-itv-britbox-international\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T12:36:03","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T16:36:03","slug":"new-crime-thriller-payback-for-itv-britbox-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/new-crime-thriller-payback-for-itv-britbox-international\/","title":{"rendered":"New Crime Thriller Payback for ITV, BritBox International"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ITV has commissioned the six-part crime thriller <em>Payback<\/em>, produced by Jed Mercurio\u2019s HTM Television, with BritBox International on board as co-production partner.<\/p>\n<p>Payback follows Lexie Noble, played by Morven Christie (<em>The Bay<\/em>, <em>The A Word<\/em>, <em>Ordeal by Innocence<\/em>), as she becomes entangled in a police operation to topple a notorious crime lord, Cal Morris, played by Peter Mullan (<em>Mum<\/em>, <em>Westworld<\/em>, <em>Cursed<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Mercurio will executive produce the series alongside Madonna Baptiste, Debbie O\u2019Malley and Diederick Santer on behalf of BritBox International. O\u2019Malley is also serving as writer.<\/p>\n<p>Diederick Santer, chief creative officer for BritBox International, said: \u201cWhen I read the first <em>Payback<\/em> script, I could just not put it down. Debbie has created a uniquely propulsive and exciting story full of vivid characters. This dynamic drama will have BritBox audiences all over the world on the edge of their seats, just as I was when I first read it. We\u2019re thrilled to be working with Debbie, Morven and Jed, and with the teams at HTM and ITV.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Polly Hill, ITV\u2019s head of drama, said: \u201c<em>Payback<\/em> is a brilliant thriller that questions how well you know your partner and as the secrets come out, asks who you can trust. Debbie has written compelling scripts that will keep the audience hooked and surprised. I\u2019m delighted to be working with Morven Christie again and, of course, Jed Mercurio and Madonna Baptiste at HTM Television.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITV has commissioned the six-part crime thriller Payback, produced by Jed Mercurio\u2019s HTM Television, with BritBox International on board as co-production partner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":17447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[5142,321,3086],"class_list":["post-17446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-britbox-international","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>New Crime Thriller Payback for ITV, BritBox International - 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