Originally commissioned for ITVX, the new thriller will now launch on ITV1 and ITVX with a release date<\/a> having been confirmed for the six-parter, and it\u2019s very soon indeed.<\/p>\n The new series will premiere on Sunday 24th March at 9pm and continues on Monday 25th, with episodes then airing across subsequent weeks.<\/p>\n Led by Wunmi Mosaku<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>(<\/span>Loki<\/span><\/a>) as former Met Police detective Riya Ajunwa, we\u2019re set to follow Riya as she investigates a series of \u201cstrange and inexplicable crimes\u201d that have left the townsfolk of Cheddar Vale perplexed, to say the least.<\/span><\/p>\n As an outsider to the small town world of Cheddar Vale, Riya is left confused when a local girl goes missing and turns up the next day, with everyone seemingly going back to normal with minimal questions. But all is not as it seems, so can Riya get to the bottom of what\u2019s actually going on?<\/p>\n Read on for everything you need to know about Passenger.<\/p> The new six-part series will premiere on ITV1 and ITVX on Sunday 24th March at 9pm<\/strong>. The second episode will then follow on Monday 25th, with the rest of the episodes airing across the following weeks.<\/p>\n Led by BAFTA award-winning Wunmi Mosaku as Riya, the cast for Passenger boasts plenty of familiar faces including Shameless<\/a>\u2018s <\/span>David Threlfall<\/span> as fracking site manager Jim Bracknell, Jo Hartley\u00a0<\/span>(After Life<\/span><\/a>) as Chief Constable Linda Markel and Arian Nik (The Bay<\/span><\/a>) as Nish Chowdry.<\/span><\/p>\n Further cast members include Call the Midwife<\/a>\u2018s Ella Bruccoleri, Coronation Street<\/a>\u2018s Jack James Ryan and Nico Mirallegro, who is best known for his roles in Hollyoaks<\/a> and My Mad Fat Diary<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n The confirmed cast list for Passenger<\/strong> is as follows:<\/p>\n The new series has been produced by Northern Sister, which is part of Sister group, who is behind hit dramas like This Is Going To Hurt and Chernobyl.<\/p>\n Passenger also marks the screenwriting debut for Andrew Buchan, who has most recently been seen on our screens in Better and Carnival Row, so knows a thing or two about a good drama.<\/p>\n As per the synopsis: \u201cIn the small Northern village of Chadder Vale, a close-knit community is sent spinning on its axis following a series of strange and unnatural crimes.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter arriving there five years ago, Former Met Police Detective Riya Ajunwa has been searching for that \u2018one big crime\u2019, that one challenge that will make her feel alive again.<\/p>\n \u201cThen one night local girl, Katie Wells is mysteriously abducted. Her car is found abandoned and there are traces of blood on the seats. But the village barely has time to register Katie\u2019s disappearance before she reappears the next day, safe and sound.\u201d<\/p>\n The synopsis continues: \u201cThe rest of the villagers ask few questions and life resumes as normal. But for Riya, a relative outsider to the Chadder Vale way of life, none of this sits right.<\/p>\n \u201cAs a series of strange happenings and increasingly horrific crimes start unfolding within the village, the residents start resorting to short-sighted theories and blaming outside influences. Riya fights hard to convince the villagers that all is not as it seems. And before long she is drawn into a universe unlike anything she has ever seen.\u201d<\/p>\n There is!<\/strong> The recently released trailer gives us a taste of the small town nature of Cheddar Vale and how Riya is trying her hardest to investigate a string of cases she fears are connected.<\/p>\n You can watch the trailer for Passenger below.<\/p>\nPassenger release date<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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