{"id":39276,"date":"2023-11-07T13:52:38","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T12:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1921556"},"modified":"2023-11-07T14:58:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T13:58:13","slug":"house-of-the-dragon-star-joins-jenna-coleman-in-new-bbc-thriller","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/house-of-the-dragon-star-joins-jenna-coleman-in-new-bbc-thriller\/","title":{"rendered":"House of the Dragon star joins Jenna Coleman in new BBC thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coleman will play the lead role of rookie detective Ember Manning. <\/p>

By Molly Moss\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 07 November 2023 at 12:52 PM<\/p>

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A new thriller series starring Doctor Who<\/a> star Jenna Coleman in the lead role will soon be coming to the BBC \u2013 and now further casting has been announced for the upcoming series, which is titled The Jetty<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The actress will be joined by House of the Dragon star Tom Glynn-Carney<\/a>, who plays Prince Aegon Targaryen on the fantasy show.<\/span><\/p>\n

Coleman and Glynn-Carney are also set to be joined by Bridgerton\u2019s Ruby Stokes<\/a>, <\/span>Shadow and Bone\u2019s Archie Renaux, The Serpent Queen star Laura Marcus, The Ballad of Renegade Nell\u2019s Bo Bragason and Happy Valley star Amelia Bullmore.<\/span><\/p>\n

The cast will also feature I May Destroy You\u2019s Weruche Opia, <\/span>The Rising\u2019s Matthew McNulty, <\/span>Nosferatu\u2019s Ralph Ineson, <\/span>Italian Studies\u2019s David Ajala, The Flash star Nina Barker-Francis, <\/span>The Crown\u2019s Elliot Cowan, H<\/span>P Lovecraft\u2019s Witch House star Shannon Watson and <\/span>Help\u2019s Arthur Hughes.<\/span><\/p>

The synopsis reads: \u201cIn the four-part series, a fire tears through a holiday home in a scenic Lancashire lake town. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDetective Ember Manning must work out how it connects to a podcast journalist investigating a missing persons cold case and an illicit \u2018love\u2019 triangle between a man in his twenties and two underage girls.<\/span><\/p>\n