We’re hearing Channel 4 has commissioned Hunting Alice Bell, a six-part drama series from The Game producer Clapperboard Studios starring the likes of Alexandra Roach.
Written by comedian and broadcaster David Baddiel, Guardian journalist and film critic Peter Bradshaw, Polly Buckle (A Discovery of Witches) and Kate Verghese (Industry), we understand the show has been filming in County Wicklow, Ireland. Cast includes Roach and Rudi Dharmalingam. The show is understood to center around secret and mistaken identities, and the way that social media turbocharges rage, rumour and disinformation in today’s world.
Roach is known for roles in Channel 4 shows Utopia and No Offence, and is set to play the title role in upcoming Prime Video drama Lazarus, which comes from Harlan Coben and Danny Brocklehurst. She also starred in 2024 BBC drama Nightsleeper, and has credits for shows such as Inside No. 9, Killing Eve and Black Mirror.
Dharmalingam, a theater and screen actor, appeared in BBC drama The Split between 2018 and 2022 and Sky drama The Lazarus Project. Credits include Strike Back: Revolution, Tin Star and The Cleaner. He is set to appear in Robert Schwentke’s upcoming film Control and Paramount+ Australia drama series Playing Gracie Darling.
London-based Clapperboard, led by Mike Benson, is known for making cost-effective dramas such as The Ex-Wife, The Serial Killer’s Wife and The Game (fka Catch You Later), the latter of which launched on 5 in the UK earlier this year.
As for Channel 4, the commission comes after the recent order of Maud, which will star Glenn Close and has Sony Pictures Television attached. As the Edinburgh TV Festival got underway last month, the broadcaster also gave the greenlight to a Steven Moffat drama about life inside 10 Downing Street and a Canal+ co-production, Army of Shadows, from The Day of the Jackal creator Ronan Bennett.
Channel 4 and Clapperboard declined to comment.
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