{"id":3071,"date":"2021-08-13T14:19:20","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T12:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1313045"},"modified":"2021-08-13T14:49:20","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T12:49:20","slug":"jodie-comer-stephen-graham-face-covid-outbreak-in-dramatic-trailer-for-channel-4s-help-from-writer-jack-thorne-and-director-marc-munden","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/jodie-comer-stephen-graham-face-covid-outbreak-in-dramatic-trailer-for-channel-4s-help-from-writer-jack-thorne-and-director-marc-munden\/","title":{"rendered":"Jodie Comer, Stephen Graham face COVID outbreak in dramatic trailer for Channel 4\u2019s Help from writer Jack Thorne and director Marc Munden"},"content":{"rendered":"

Watch the harrowing first teaser for the one-off drama set in a fictional Liverpool care home. <\/p>

By Morgan Jeffery\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 13 August 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Help, a hard-hitting new TV drama starring Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham, is coming soon to Channel 4 \u2013 and you can watch a first-look teaser now exclusively on RadioTimes.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The one-off two-hour film reunites BAFTA-winning writer Jack Thorne and BAFTA-winning director Marc Munden, who previously collaborated on the acclaimed 2016 mini-series National Treasure.<\/p>\n\n

Set in a fictional Liverpool care home, Help<\/a> explores the relationship between care home worker Sarah (Comer) and Tony (Graham), a patient with Young Onset Alzheimer\u2019s, whose lives are changed forever by the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in spring 2020.<\/p>\n

As COVID throws everything Sarah has achieved and everything she believed in into disarray, she goes to extraordinary lengths to protect Tony and others in her care.<\/p>\n

Help was first announced in November 2020, with Graham describing the drama as \u201ca profoundly importance piece of social realism.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cJack is one of the greatest and most truthful writers of our generation,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve wanted to work with Jodie for ages, and together we\u2019re hugely passionate about shining a light on one of the biggest tragedies of our time and the people at the heart of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Comer added: \u201cI am, of course, thrilled to finally be working alongside Stephen and the supremely talented Jack, Marc and those at Channel 4.\u00a0For us to be able to explore such a relevant and emotive story through the eyes of such beautifully real characters, and in our home city of Liverpool, is a real honour.\u00a0We\u2019re determined to do justice to so many of the untold stories and heroes that have been affected as a result of this crisis and to handle them with care.\u201d<\/p>\n

The teaser for Help will make its television debut tonight during the premiere of new Channel 4 drama Deceit<\/a>. The film will air on Channel 4 in the near future.<\/p>

Visit our Drama<\/a> hub for more news and features, or find something to watch tonight with our TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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