{"id":22422,"date":"2025-03-31T10:42:29","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T14:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-slates-reunion-premiere\/"},"modified":"2025-03-31T10:42:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T14:42:32","slug":"bbc-slates-reunion-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-slates-reunion-premiere\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Slates Reunion Premiere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BBC has slated the premiere of the new drama <em>Reunion<\/em>, produced by Warp Films (<em>Adolescence<\/em>), for April 7.<\/p>\n<p>The emotional thriller centers on Daniel Brennan, a deaf man determined to right his wrongs and unravel the truth behind the events that led him to prison, all while being caught between two worlds\u2014unable to fully integrate into the hearing world and shunned by the deaf community.<\/p>\n<p>While dealing with this isolation, Brennan\u2019s only meaningful relationship is with his estranged daughter, who he hasn\u2019t seen in over a decade.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Gurney (<em>Name Me Lawand<\/em>, Theatre Ad Infinitum, <em>Coffee Morning Club<\/em>) leads the cast as Brennan. Lara Peak (<em>How to Have Sex<\/em>) stars as his daughter. Additional cast members are Anne-Marie Duff (<em>Bad Sisters<\/em>,<em> The Salisbury Poisonings<\/em>, <em>Suffragette<\/em>), Rose Ayling-Ellis (<em>Summer of Rockets<\/em>, <em>As You like It<\/em>, <em>EastEnders<\/em>), Stephen Collins (<em>Dune: Part One<\/em>), Ace Mahbaz (<em>Small World<\/em>), Sophie Stone (<em>The Chelsea Detective<\/em>), Olive Gray (<em>Halo<\/em>), Joe Sims (<em>Broadchurch<\/em>), Julian Peedle-Calloo (<em>Louder Than Words<\/em>), Cherie Gordon (<em>Boat Story<\/em>), Rinkoo Barpaga (<em>You Don\u2019t Know Me<\/em>), James Joseph Boyle, Duffy (<em>Small World<\/em>), Joanne Harrison and David Hirshman (<em>Signs of an Affair<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p><em>Reunion<\/em> is created and written by Sheffield-born deaf writer William Mager. 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