ITV has commissioned a new psychological drama written by George Kay and starring Eve Myles and David Morrissey, with All3Media International handling international distribution.
The six-parter from Kay, whose credits include The Long Shadow, Hijack and Lupin, is being co-produced by New Pictures (an All3Media company) and George Kay’s Observatory Pictures, in association with All3Media International.
Gone, commissioned by Polly Hill, director of drama at ITV, also stars Emma Appleton, Jennifer Macbeth, Arthur Hughes, Nicholas Nunn, Elliot Cowan, Billy Barratt, Rupert Evans, Jodie McNee, Oscar Batterham and Clare Higgins.
“I am so delighted to be working with George, Willow [Grylls], and Richard [Laxton] on this brilliant new police procedure,” Hill said. “Gone is a wonderful new drama which puts Detective Annie Cassidy, played by Eve Myles, up against Michael Polly, played by David Morrissey, the prime suspect in the case of his missing wife. Did he do it? The amazing team on and off screen make a beautifully compelling story and one that I am sure will keep the audience guessing.”
Kay added: “After teaming up with ITV and New Pictures for true crime drama The Long Shadow, I’m delighted to be working with them again to create a new police drama. Inspired by real-life research, Gone sees the excellent Eve Myles’s overlooked Detective Annie Cassidy go head-to-head with main suspect Michael Polly, played by the superb David Morrissey. In a story about privilege and prejudice, the truth is tantalisingly close. Or at least, that’s what Annie thinks…”
The series is partly inspired by the book To Hunt a Killer and the career of former Detective Superintendent for Gloucestershire Police, Julie Mackay, and ITV Crime Correspondent Robert Murphy. Both serve as consultants on the series.
