{"id":7804,"date":"2017-05-25T10:13:57","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T14:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/adrian-lester-john-simm-to-star-in-itv-thriller-trauma\/"},"modified":"2017-05-25T13:15:45","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T17:15:45","slug":"adrian-lester-john-simm-to-star-in-itv-thriller-trauma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/adrian-lester-john-simm-to-star-in-itv-thriller-trauma\/","title":{"rendered":"Adrian Lester &#038; John Simm to Star in ITV Thriller Trauma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Simm (<em>State of Play<\/em>, <em>Exile<\/em>, <em>Prey<\/em>) and Adrian Lester (<em>Hustle<\/em>, <em>Undercover<\/em>, <em>London Spy<\/em>) have been cast as leads in the new three-part thriller <em>Trauma<\/em> for ITV.<\/p>\n<p>The original drama is written by Mike Bartlett (<em>Doctor Foster<\/em>, <em>The Town<\/em>) and directed by Marc Evans (<em>Hinterland<\/em>, <em>Safe House<\/em>, <em>Aberfan Young Wives\u2019 Club<\/em>). Lester will star as family man Jon Allerton, a well-educated, confident and high achieving trauma surgeon. Simm will play Dan Bowker, a factory manager struggling to cope as his life unravels around him. The three-part psychological thriller will follow the lives of the two fathers, whose worlds collide when Dan\u2019s 15-year-old son Alex is stabbed and tragically dies in the trauma department attended by Allerton.<\/p>\n<p>Producer Catherine Oldfield, who developed the show with Bartlett, said, &#8220;We are delighted to have such a fantastic cast, led by John and Adrian, to bring this gripping modern British story to the screen for ITV.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bartlett added, \u201cI wrote <em>Trauma<\/em> knowing we needed, and hoping we&#8217;d get, hugely talented actors for the roles. But this cast has exceeded expectations. I&#8217;m a huge fan of all of them individually and can&#8217;t wait to see them on screen together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ITV\u2019s head of drama, Polly Hill, said, &#8220;Mike Bartlett&#8217;s brilliant new contemporary drama, <em>Trauma<\/em>, is a moving and powerful story about a father who loses his son, and the surgeon who tried to save him. I am delighted that John Simm and Adrian Lester are to play the two men at the heart of this drama. Mike&#8217;s incredible scripts take the two men on an intense, emotional and complex journey and John and Adrian will be magnificent. It will be a real treat for our audience next year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Trauma<\/em> is produced by Tall Story Pictures, an ITV Studios label. 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