Coleman will play rookie detective Ember Manning. <\/p>
The BBC has announced new thriller series The Jetty, with Jenna Coleman cast in the lead role.<\/p>\n
Coleman (Doctor Who<\/a>, The Serpent) will play rookie detective Ember Manning in the four-part series from writer Cat Jones.<\/p>\n The Jetty will follow Manning as she investigates the link between a fire at a holiday home in a scenic Lancashire lake town, a missing persons cold case, and a man in his twenties who is abusing two underage girls.<\/p>\n The series synopsis teases that \u201cas Ember gets close to the truth, it threatens to destroy her life \u2013 forcing her to re-evaluate everything she thought she knew about her past, present and the town she\u2019s always called home\u201d.<\/p>\n Billed \u201cas much a coming-of-age story as a detective thriller\u201d, The Jetty promises to ask \u201cbig questions about sexual morality, identity and memory, in the places that Me Too has left behind\u201d.<\/p> \u201c<\/b>I\u2019m delighted to be returning to the BBC to be a part of The Jetty, with [producers] Firebird Pictures at the helm, bringing the story of Ember Manning to life,\u201d said Coleman, who will also serve as executive producer on the project. \u201cI look forward to exploring Cat Jones\u2019 darkly probing scripts, alongside [director] Marialy Rivas\u2019 eloquent vision.\u201d<\/p>\n Writer\/creator Cat Jones added: \u201cThe Jetty is a story I\u2019ve wanted to tell for a long time but it wasn\u2019t until it found its champions at the fantastically writer friendly Firebird, that it really came to life. What feels like a total dream team continues to grow with the addition of Marialy Rivas to direct and the brilliant Jenna Coleman. I\u2019ve no doubt audiences are going to be completely transfixed by her as Ember.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n The Jetty \u2013 which will be available on BBC One and BBC iPlayer<\/a> \u2013 was announced today by Lindsay Salt, director of BBC Drama, at the Edinburgh TV Festival\u2019s Spotlight on the BBC session.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Jetty is so much more than a crime thriller, and with Cat Jones as writer, Firebird Pictures producing and Jenna in the lead role of Ember Manning, I know we have the perfect team in place to create a truly brilliant, brave series,\u201d said Salt, adding: \u201cI can\u2019t wait for BBC viewers to discover its many secrets.\u201d<\/p> \n