Martin Clunes to Headline New ITV Thriller 'Out There'

Now that his decade-long stay in Portwenn has come to an end, Doc Martin star Martin Clunes is set to tackle a slightly darker role in the upcoming ITV thriller Out There.

Out There will focus on the story of a family whose home and way of life are threatened by the rise of local county lines drug dealers, urban gangs who traffic drugs into rural areas and smaller towns, purposefully avoiding major cities. These groups often lure local youths into their organizations to help move drugs and money between inner-city hubs and provincial areas.

Clunes stars as Nathan Williams, owner of a farm that's been in his family for generations. Still reeling from the death of his wife two years earlier, he's trying to single parent his son and manage the seemingly neverending work required to keep the farm going. But when a county lines gang threatens to engulf his son in their criminal world, Nathan will have to find a way to fight back.