{"id":21435,"date":"2024-09-23T10:26:29","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T14:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-one-lines-up-new-thriller-the-guest\/"},"modified":"2024-09-23T10:26:31","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T14:26:31","slug":"bbc-one-lines-up-new-thriller-the-guest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-one-lines-up-new-thriller-the-guest\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC One Lines Up New Thriller The Guest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BBC One and BBC Cymru Wales have co-commissioned <em>The Guest<\/em>, written, created and executive produced by Matthew Barry (<em>Men Up<\/em>, <em>Industry<\/em>), from Quay Street Productions.<\/p>\n<p>With Eve Myles (<em>Hijack<\/em>, <em>Keeping Faith<\/em>) and Gabrielle Creevy (<em>Amadeus<\/em>, <em>Three Women<\/em>) in the lead roles, the four-part thriller centers on the toxic relationship between successful business owner Fran and her employee Ria. When Ria, intoxicated by Fran\u2019s confidence and self-assuredness, takes Fran\u2019s advice and a shocking event results, their lives become forever intertwined by shared secrets and dangerous plots.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Myles and Creevy, the cast includes Sion Daniel Young (<em>Lost Boys &amp; Fairies<\/em>,<em> Slow Horses<\/em>), Emun Elliott (<em>Sexy Beast<\/em>, <em>The Gold<\/em>, <em>Guilt<\/em>), Bethan Mary-James (<em>Death Valley<\/em>, <em>Sisters<\/em>, <em>Friday Night Dinner<\/em>) Julian Lewis Jones (<em>Dope Girls<\/em>, <em>House of the Dragon<\/em>, <em>The Wheel of Time<\/em>), Joseph Ollman (<em>Queenie<\/em>, <em>The Tattooist of Auschwitz<\/em>, <em>Spent<\/em>), Clive Russell (<em>Game of Thrones<\/em>, <em>One Piece<\/em>, <em>The Witcher<\/em>) and Catherine Ayers (<em>Missing You<\/em>, <em>The Way<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Ashley Way (<em>Men Up<\/em>, <em>Who is Erin Carter?<\/em>) is directing all four episodes. Davina Earl (<em>Men Up<\/em>, <em>The Red King<\/em>) and Nicola Shindler (<em>Fool Me Once<\/em>, <em>After the Flood<\/em>) are executive producers for Quay Street Productions, with Rebecca Ferguson and Nick Andrews executive producing for the BBC. Karen Lewis (<em>Happy Valley<\/em>, <em>Men Up<\/em>) is a producer.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Guest<\/em> has received support from the Welsh government via Creative Wales. It is set to begin shooting this month in and around Cardiff. ITV Studios will handle international distribution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m beyond excited to be re-teaming with Nicola, Davina and the whole team at Quay Street Productions and the BBC to bring <em>The Guest<\/em> to life,\u201d Barry said. \u201cAs well as being an exciting thriller, at its core, this is an examination of class, social mobility and the growing disparity between those at the top and bottom of our society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re so thrilled to be working with Matt again, this time on a thriller with two fascinating women at its heart,\u201d Earl and Schindler commented. \u201cMatt\u2019s scripts are not only full of tension and twists but deeply relatable characters and his trademark wit and humor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>The Guest<\/em> is a hugely entertaining, deftly plotted thriller that will have viewers gripped,\u201d said Lindsay Salt, director of BBC Drama. \u201cAfter the fantastic, five-star response to the tender and life-affirming <em>Men Up<\/em>, we\u2019re delighted to join forces again with Matthew Barry and Quay Street Productions on another Welsh-set drama, alongside this fantastic cast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nick Andrews, head of commissioning for BBC Cymru Wales, added, \u201c<em>The Guest<\/em> is a twisty-turny, edge-of-your-seat thriller that you will be watching from behind your sofa. Matt has written a beautifully crafted tense story\u2014an absolute showstopper of a series produced by some of the very best in the business.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC One and BBC Cymru Wales have co-commissioned The Guest, written, created and executive produced by Matthew Barry (Men Up, Industry), from Quay Street Productions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":21436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[6709,201,5291,6897,8676,9704,5102,6160,6711,1307,4269,9705],"class_list":["post-21435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bbc-cymru-wales","tag-bbc-one","tag-creative-wales","tag-davina-earl","tag-eve-myles","tag-gabrielle-creevy","tag-lindsay-salt","tag-matthew-barry","tag-nick-andrews","tag-nicola-shindler","tag-quay-street-productions","tag-the-guest","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BBC One Lines Up New Thriller The Guest - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-one-lines-up-new-thriller-the-guest\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BBC One Lines Up New Thriller The Guest - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BBC One and BBC Cymru Wales have co-commissioned The Guest, written, created and executive produced by Matthew Barry (Men Up, Industry), from Quay Street Productions.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-one-lines-up-new-thriller-the-guest\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-23T14:26:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-23T14:26:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/09\/BBCOne-Logo-0524.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-one-lines-up-new-thriller-the-guest\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-one-lines-up-new-thriller-the-guest\/\",\"name\":\"BBC One Lines Up New Thriller The Guest - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-23T14:26:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-23T14:26:31+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-one-lines-up-new-thriller-the-guest\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-one-lines-up-new-thriller-the-guest\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-one-lines-up-new-thriller-the-guest\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"BBC One Lines Up New Thriller The Guest\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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