{"id":49218,"date":"2024-04-09T14:19:29","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T12:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2021928"},"modified":"2024-04-09T14:49:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T12:49:21","slug":"vicky-mcclure-in-first-look-at-new-drama-insomnia","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/vicky-mcclure-in-first-look-at-new-drama-insomnia\/","title":{"rendered":"Vicky McClure in first look at new drama Insomnia"},"content":{"rendered":"

The new drama premieres on Paramount Plus this May. <\/p>

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

Published: Tuesday, 09 April 2024 at 12:19 PM<\/p>

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While many fans know her for her roles in Line of Duty<\/a> or Trigger Point<\/a>, Vicky McClure is set to take on a decidedly more eerie part in Insomnia<\/a> \u2013 and we finally have our first look at the new series.<\/p>\n

Coming to Paramount Plus<\/a> this May, the first-look images show McClure as Emma Averill, a woman who fears she\u2019s losing her mind as her life slowly turns from a dream to a hellish nightmare.<\/p>\n

In one stark image, McClure can be seen in her pyjamas knee deep in a lake in the middle of the night. Why? Well, we\u2019ll have to watch and find out but another image (above) shows her curled up on the floor with her head in her hands.<\/p>\n

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Vicky McClure as Emma Averill in Insomnia.<\/span><\/figcaption> Paramount Plus<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

We also get our first look at some of the further cast including Tom Cullen (The Gold<\/a>), who stars as Emma\u2019s husband Robert and we can see how much of a comfort he is to her in her time of need as the pair embrace on the sofa.<\/p>\n

McClure is no stranger to a role that\u2019s a bit less action-packed compared to donning bulletproof vests and arresting bad guys in Line of Duty, as displayed in her previous roles in ITV\u2019s Without Sin<\/a> and in Channel 4\u2019s I Am Nicola.<\/p>\n

This time round, there\u2019s a mystery surrounding Emma\u2019s newfound habits and she could be winding up the same way as her mother \u2013 but is there something larger beneath the surface of her problems?<\/p>\n

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Tom Cullen as Robert Averill and Vicky McClure as Emma Averill in Insomnia.<\/span><\/figcaption> Paramount Plus<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

The new series is based on the novel of the same name<\/a> by bestselling author Sarah Pinborough and according to the synopsis: \u201cInsomnia follows Emma, who fears she might be losing her mind when her hard-won dream life starts to turn into a nightmare.<\/p>\n

\u201cA couple of weeks before her 40th birthday, Emma stops sleeping \u2013 just as her mother had done right before she suffered a violent psychotic breakdown on the night of her own 40th birthday.<\/p>\n

\u201cEmma\u2019s mother always told her she\u2019d go the same way, that she had the same \u2018bad blood\u2019 and now Emma\u2019s terrified it\u2019s true. As events worsen, Emma\u2019s world starts to unravel and she realises that only by investigating the truth of her painful past, can she find the answers to her present and prevent tragedy from striking a second time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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