{"id":32920,"date":"2023-05-17T12:09:57","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T10:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1832130"},"modified":"2023-05-17T17:03:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T15:03:05","slug":"rose-ayling-ellis-delighted-to-lead-itv-thriller-code-of-silence","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/rose-ayling-ellis-delighted-to-lead-itv-thriller-code-of-silence\/","title":{"rendered":"Rose Ayling-Ellis \u201cdelighted\u201d to lead ITV thriller Code of Silence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ayling-Ellis will play a Deaf catering worker who becomes a lip reader for the police. <\/p>

By James Hibbs\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 17 May 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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ITV has announced that Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> and EastEnders<\/a> star Rose Ayling-Ellis is set to lead its new crime drama Code of Silence.<\/p>\n

The six-part series will see Ayling-Ellis<\/a> play Deaf catering worker Alison Woods, who is struggling to make ends meet by juggling two jobs in a police canteen and a local bar. She is also doing all she can to support her Deaf mum Julie.<\/p>\n

However, when she is approached by police officer DC Ashleigh Francis to lipread the conversations of dangerous criminals, she ends up becoming the key to unlocking the investigation.<\/p>\n\n<p>However, Alison soon finds herself drawn to one of the main suspects, Liam, complicating her feelings about the case and threatening to impact her personal life.<\/p>\n<p>The series has been written by Catherine Moulton who has previously written an episode of <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/baptiste-cast-characters\/"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">Baptiste<\/a> and worked on scripts for <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/good-karma-hospital-axed-itv-newsupdate\/"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">The Good Karma Hospital<\/a> and <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/peaky-blinders-movie-release-date\/"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">Peaky Blinders<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/ant-middleton-action-thriller-movie-newsupdate\/"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">Ex-SAS: Who Dares Wins star Ant Middleton stars in action thriller movie<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/kara-tointon-the-hunted-thriller-newsupdate\/"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">Kara Tointon leads new psychological thriller The Hunted for Channel 5<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ayling-Ellis said of her role in the series: \u201cI am so thrilled to be coming on board for Code of Silence and to get to work with the incredible team at Mammoth Screen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I first read Catherine Moulton\u2019s script it was obvious that her first-hand experiences and understanding has enabled her to write a truly authentic character and I knew I had to be a part of this project. I am so delighted ITV are as excited as we are to bring this to life and I can\u2019t wait to get to started!\u201d<\/p> <p class=\""x_MsoNormal"\">Meanwhile, ITV\u2019s head of drama Polly Hill added: \u201cIn a world where there\u2019s a lot of crime drama Code of Silence really stands out. It\u2019s a brilliantly original story and a great role for Rose Ayling-Ellis.<\/p>\n<p class=\""x_MsoNormal"\">\u201cCatherine Moulton has written a thrilling drama that audiences will be gripped and surprised by, but she also puts you in the shoes of Alison, a young Deaf woman.<\/p>\n<p class=\""x_MsoNormal"\">\u201cI am incredibly proud to make this show with Rose, Catherine and Mammoth Screen. 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