ITV and Left Bank Pictures announces the cast and start of principal photography for DCI Banks: Aftermath a 2 x 60 min pilot.
Four weeks of principal photography began today on the ITV1 drama DCI Banks: Aftermath.
STEPHEN TOMPKINSON (Wild at Heart, Grafters) leads the cast as detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks. Based on the hugely successful novel from award-winning international crime writer Peter Robinson. Produced by Left Bank Pictures, and commissioned by ITV1, the 2 x 60 min drama will be filmed on location in Leeds.
Tompkinson will star alongside ANDREA LOWE (Coronation Street, Route Irish), CHARLOTTE RILEY (The Take, Wuthering Heights), MONICA DOLAN (U B Dead, Occupation), SAMUEL ROUKIN (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Solomon Kane) LORRAINE BURROUGHS (Identity, New Tricks), JACK DEAM (The Street, Shameless), COLIN TIERNEY (Nowhere Boy, Cracker) and BARRY SLOAN (Hollyoaks, The Mark of Cain).
Written in 2002 and considered Peter’s breakthrough novel in the UK, Aftermath tells the story of an ordinary house in an ordinary street, which is about to become infamous. When two young police constables are sent to the house following a report of a domestic disturbance, they stumble upon a truly horrific scene. The wife, Lucy Payne (Charlotte Riley) lies on the verge of death from a head-wound and her husband Terry (Samuel Roukin) crouches in the cellar, surrounded by a scene which will shock to the core and make a truly lasting impression on their lives and careers.
Consequently, the identity of a serial killer has finally been revealed. But his capture is only the beginning of a shocking investigation that will test DCI Alan Banks to the absolute limit. Working alongside Banks (Stephen Tompkinson) for the first time is ambitious and pretty, DS Annie Cabbot (Andrea Lowe), who is a hard-working addition to his team.
Commissioned by ITV’s Laura Mackie and Sally Haynes, it has been adapted for ITV1 by Robert Murphy.
“DCI Banks: Aftermath is a classy, contemporary thriller and we’re delighted to have commissioned a two-part pilot from Left Bank Pictures”. said Sally. “Banks is brooding and melancholic with more than his fair share of baggage. Stephen is a really versatile actor and it’s great to see him in a darker role.”
DCI Banks: Aftermath is Peter’s 12th book in the series featuring fiction’s top cop. Peter’s 20th book in the series, published by Hodder and Stoughton, is due for release later this year.
"I'm excited that Left Bank and ITV are working together on Aftermath, and I'm certain the result will be a terrific television drama.” Said Peter “They have a great script by Robert Murphy and, in Stephen Tompkinson, an actor who I know will bring Inspector Banks convincingly to the screen. It's been a long time in coming, but worth the wait for the level of quality that will result from the combination of all these factors."
Andy Harries and Francis Hopkinson will executive produce DCI Banks: Aftermath with James Hawes (Enid, The 39 Steps, Merlin) directing.
“The Inspector Banks Mysteries are incredibly popular with crime thriller readers across the globe,” added Executive Producer, Francis Hopkinson. “It’s very important we do justice to Peter’s reputation for writing and creating absorbing characters and intriguing plotline. As we go into production, we’re determined DCI Banks: Aftermath will be produced to a very high quality.”
Director of Photography for DCI Banks: Aftermath is Matt Gray, Designer Matt Gant and Line Producer Thea Harvey.
