{"id":6287,"date":"2016-06-23T10:23:24","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T14:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/tom-riley-set-for-new-itv-encore-thriller\/"},"modified":"2016-06-23T15:38:35","modified_gmt":"2016-06-23T19:38:35","slug":"tom-riley-set-for-itv-encore-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/tom-riley-set-for-itv-encore-thriller\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Riley to Star in ITV Encore Thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON:\u00a0ITV Encore has commissioned a new crime thriller written by Chris Lang and based on the novel\u00a0<span class=\"s1\"><em>Suffer the Children<\/em>, with Tom Riley (<em>Da Vinci&#8217;s Demons<\/em>, <em>The Collection<\/em>) set to star.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>ITV Studios Global Entertainment will have international rights to the two-hour film,\u00a0<em>Dark Heart<\/em>. Riley portrays\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">DI Will Wagstaffe (&#8220;Staffe&#8221;), who must lead an investigation into attacks on two men suspected of being pedophiles while still struggling to cope with the unresolved murder of his parents when he was a child.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">ITV&#8217;s controller of drama, Victoria Fea, noted,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u201cAs Will Wagstaffe investigates gruesome crimes it\u2019s hard to believe that his personal life could be as complex as his day job, but as we get to know Staffe we realize he\u2019s utterly haunted by his past. Viewers will be left guessing not only who is behind the murders that Staffe is investigating, but also wondering what history lies behind Wagstaffe\u2019s family.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cChris Lang has written a truly compelling and atmospheric script,\u201d said Kate Bartlett at ITV Studios. \u201cAdam Creed created a fascinating character in Will Wagstaffe with so many layers, and Chris has brilliantly brought him to screen. We\u2019re thrilled that Tom Riley is playing him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The cast for the ITV Studios production for ITV Encore also includes\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">Charlotte Riley, Miranda Raison,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Anjli Mohindra,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Kobna Holdbrook-Smith and\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Tom Brooke.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: ITV Encore has commissioned a new crime thriller written by Chris Lang and based on the novel Suffer the Children, with Tom Riley (Da Vinci&#8217;s Demons, The Collection) set to star.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[321,483,1034,118,1035],"class_list":["post-6287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-itv","tag-itv-encore","tag-itv-studios-global-entertainmen","tag-itv-studios-global-entertainment","tag-tom-riley","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tom Riley to Star in ITV Encore Thriller - 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\/tom-riley-set-for-itv-encore-thriller\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tom Riley to Star in ITV Encore Thriller - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LONDON: ITV Encore has commissioned a new crime thriller written by Chris Lang and based on the novel Suffer the Children, with Tom Riley (Da Vinci&#039;s Demons, The Collection) set to star.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/tom-riley-set-for-itv-encore-thriller\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-06-23T14:23:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-06-23T19:38:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/logo.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mansha Daswani\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mansha Daswani\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/tom-riley-set-for-itv-encore-thriller\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/tom-riley-set-for-itv-encore-thriller\/\",\"name\":\"Tom Riley to Star in ITV Encore Thriller - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-06-23T14:23:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-06-23T19:38:35+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/83da304c8bad8bfdb3edd7eb47cfe5ad\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/tom-riley-set-for-itv-encore-thriller\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/tom-riley-set-for-itv-encore-thriller\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/tom-riley-set-for-itv-encore-thriller\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tom Riley to Star in ITV Encore Thriller\"}]},{\"@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\/83da304c8bad8bfdb3edd7eb47cfe5ad\",\"name\":\"Mansha Daswani\",\"description\":\"Mansha Daswani is the editor-in-chief and associate publisher of World Screen. 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