Three of the UK’s most sought-after creatives – James Graham, Michael Sheen and Adam Curtis – are combining on a BBC drama that imagines a civil uprising beginning in a small indu…
star Sheen in his TV directorial debut and co-created by the pair with documentary auteur Curtis, whose past credits includeThe trio’s three-parter will “tap into the social and political chaos of today’s world” via a civil uprising, the BBC said. It follows the Driscolls, an ordinary family caught in a chain of events and power struggles that forces them to escape the country they’ve always called home and the certainties of their old lives.
Curtis added: “This is a really timely way to examine one of the great puzzles of this moment – why is it so hard to imagine a better, or even just different, kind of future for this country? What is holding us back? I can’t think of two more amazing people to do that with than James and Michael.”for the BBC. ITV Studios is international distributor and additional funding support has been provided by the Welsh Government via Creative Wales.
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