Written by Harry and Jack Williams, Boat Story will star Daisy Haggard, Paterson Joseph and Tchéky Karyo.
Up to date 06/08/23: First-look footage from Boat Story.
The BBC have launched the primary photos from its upcoming six-part thriller made by Two Brothers Footage (The Vacationer).
Set on the windswept Yorkshire shoreline, the present stars the unsuspecting Janet (Daisy Haggard) and Samuel (Paterson Joseph), who discovery a haul of unlawful medication on a shipwrecked boat.
After agreeing to promote it and splitting the money, they discover {that a} sharp suited gangster generally known as ‘The Tailor’ (Tchéky Karyo) is on their tail.
Boat Story additionally stars Joanna Scanlan…
and Craig Fairbrass.
We additionally know that Phil Daniels is within the solid, although he’s not been revealed in character but.
The present is coming to BBC 4 and iPlayer, in addition to Amazon Freevee within the US and Germany. We’ll hold you posted.
Unique article (of 16/11/22) follows:
Written by Harry and Jack Williams, Boat Story will star Daisy Haggard, Paterson Joseph and Tchéky Karyo.
Partnering with Amazon Freevee, the BBC have introduced a brand new thriller sequence. Boat Story is a six-part thriller from Two Brothers Footage, the workforce behind The Vacationer.
Set towards the Yorkshire shoreline, the sequence guarantees twists and turns because it contrasts off-beat humour with high-octane motion sequences.
Right here’s the premise for Boat Story:
When two hard-up strangers, Janet (Daisy Haggard – Again to Life, Breeders) and Samuel (Paterson Joseph – Vigil, Noughts & Crosses), stumble throughout a haul of cocaine on a shipwrecked boat, they will’t consider their luck. After agreeing to promote it and cut up the money, they shortly discover themselves entangled with police, masked hitmen, and a sharp-suited gangster identified solely as ‘The Tailor’ (Tchéky Karyo – Baptiste, The Lacking).
At its coronary heart, Boat Story is an motion thriller about two extraordinary folks whom the world has turned its again on, and whether or not they’re keen – or determined sufficient – to do one thing loopy to get what they need in life. Pushed to the very edge, can they belief one another and get away with their lives and the cash?
Additionally within the solid are Joanna Scanlan (The Larkins), Craig Fairbrass, and Phil Daniels (Quadrophenia, Home of the Dragon).
Writers and Managing Administrators of Two Brothers Footage Harry and Jack Williams say:
“We beloved making The Vacationer and Boat Story picks up the place that left off – tonally not less than. It’s a morality story and a thriller and different issues that make it laborious to outline though we appear to be making an attempt to outline it. It’s stuffed with weak, tousled and eccentric characters and we’ve solid a few of our favorite actors to play them. We’re excited to convey this to life together with our fellow administrators.”
These fellow administrators are Alice Troughton (The Midwich Cuckoos) and Daniel Nettheim (Line of Obligation).
Boat Story is a Two Brothers Footage (an All3Media firm) manufacturing for the BBC. The Williams brothers, Christopher Aird and Daniel Walker will government producer for Two Brothers Footage, with Tommy Bulfin for the BBC. Matthew Hen (Fortitude, The Musketeers) will produce.
Boat Story is filming now in and round Yorkshire.