James Nesbitt leads the star-studded cast of this Danish drama adaptation for Channel 4. <\/p>
Channel 4 has commissioned new crime thriller Suspect (w\/t), with Bloodlands<\/a> star James Nesbitt, Doctor Who<\/a>\u2018s Sacha Dhawan and Outlander<\/a>\u2018s Sam Heughan leading the star-studded cast.<\/p>\n The eight-part series, which is a UK remake of Danish drama Forh\u00f8ret, will follow veteran detective Danny Frater (Nesbitt) who arrives at a mortuary for a routine ID check to find the dead body is that of his estranged daughter Christina.<\/p>\n Refusing to accept that she has taken her own life, Danny \u201csets out on a mission for the truth, retracing her last days and hours, in an agonising crusade to discover what really happened to his own child\u201d, Channel 4 teases.<\/p>\n Clique\u2019s Imogen King stars as Christina, while Dhawan plays her business partner Jaisal and Heughan appears as her godfather Ryan.<\/p>\n Oscar-winner Richard E. Grant plays Christina\u2019s mentor Harry, Sex Education<\/a>\u2018s Anne-Marie Duff plays her mother Susannah and The Tudors star Joely Richardson plays pathologist Jackie.<\/p> They\u2019re joined in the impressive cast by Death in Paradise\u2019s Ben Miller (Danny\u2019s boss Richard), Small Axe\u2019s Antonia Thomas (Christina\u2019s best friend Maia) and Deceit\u2019s Niamh Algar.<\/p>\n In a statement, Nesbitt said that he couldn\u2019t wait to lead the show\u2019s \u201cincredible array of acting talent\u201d in Suspect, which will begin filming this autumn.<\/p>\n \u201cI could relate to Danny, with his flaws, vulnerabilities and the devastating situation he faces, from the very first moment I picked up the script.<\/p>\n \u201cEach episode of Suspect is an intensely theatrical double-hander, a psychological battle of wits between Danny and another character, who may know something about his daughter\u2019s untimely death, and I really can\u2019t wait to lock horns with my fellow cast members and to lead this incredible array of acting talent.\u201d<\/p>\n Suspect is the latest Scandinavian drama to be remade for British audiences this year, after Channel 4 aired Before We Die<\/a> starring Lesley Sharp, Patrick Gibson and Vincent Regan.<\/p>\n While you\u2019re waiting, check out more of our\u00a0Drama<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/b><\/p>\n James Nesbitt leads the star-studded cast of this Danish drama adaptation for Channel 4. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":5078,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/sacha-dhawan-james-nesbitt-and-sam-heughan-team-up-for-new-channel-4-drama.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/sacha-dhawan-james-nesbitt-and-sam-heughan-team-up-for-new-channel-4-drama-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/sacha-dhawan-james-nesbitt-and-sam-heughan-team-up-for-new-channel-4-drama-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/sacha-dhawan-james-nesbitt-and-sam-heughan-team-up-for-new-channel-4-drama.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/sacha-dhawan-james-nesbitt-and-sam-heughan-team-up-for-new-channel-4-drama.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/sacha-dhawan-james-nesbitt-and-sam-heughan-team-up-for-new-channel-4-drama.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/sacha-dhawan-james-nesbitt-and-sam-heughan-team-up-for-new-channel-4-drama.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"James Nesbitt leads the star-studded cast of this Danish drama adaptation for Channel 4.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/5077"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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