{"id":19229,"date":"2023-09-21T09:32:21","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T13:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/vicky-mcclure-star-paramount-u-k-original-insomnia\/"},"modified":"2023-09-21T12:58:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T16:58:18","slug":"vicky-mcclure-to-star-in-paramount-u-k-original-insomnia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/vicky-mcclure-to-star-in-paramount-u-k-original-insomnia\/","title":{"rendered":"Vicky McClure to Star in Paramount+ U.K. Original Insomnia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vicky McClure (<em>Line of Duty<\/em>, <em>Trigger Point<\/em>, <em>This Is England<\/em>) is leading the cast and serving as executive producer on the drama <em>Insomnia<\/em>, a Paramount+ U.K. original.<\/p>\n<p>An adaptation of the novel of the same name by Sarah Pinborough, <em>Insomnia<\/em> will see McClure starring as Emma Averill, a successful career woman who fears she might be losing her mind when her hard-won dream life starts to turn into a nightmare.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Cullen (<em>The Gold<\/em>) will play Emma\u2019s loving husband, Robert, while Smylie Bradwell (<em>Wisting<\/em>) and India Fowler (<em>The Nevers<\/em>) play their children. Leanne Best (<em>Bolan\u2019s Shoes<\/em>) joins the cast as Emma\u2019s estranged sister, with Corinna Marlowe (<em>Hysteria<\/em>) as Emma\u2019s mother.<\/p>\n<p>Also joining the ensemble cast are Dominic Tighe (<em>Suspicion<\/em>), Jade Harrison (<em>Wedding Season<\/em>), Lyndsey Marshal (<em>Inside Man<\/em>), Robert Gilbert (<em>Killing Eve<\/em>) and Michelle Bonnard (<em>Unforgotten<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>The six-part series is produced by Left Bank Pictures in association with Build Your Own Films and is distributed by Sony Pictures Television.<\/p>\n<p>McClure said: \u201cMyself and BYO Films are really excited to be working alongside Left Bank on <em>Insomnia<\/em>. It\u2019s a very different role for me; Sarah Pinborough has written such an exciting script. 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