Richard Armitage & Jing Lusi to Lead High Octane Thriller 'Red Eye'

For most of us, overnight flights are a nightmare at the best of times. From the cramped conditions and disorienting time changes to the fact that it's almost impossible to sleep, red eyes are the worst. And that's without dealing with high-stakes threats involving murder and conspiracy.

Such are the threats facing the passengers aboard Red Eye, an upcoming six-part thriller from ITVX about an all-night plane flight from London to Beijing and the corridors of power within Whitehall. Perennial Anglophile favorite Richard Armitage (Obsession) starts as Dr. Matthew Nolan, a physician who comes frighteningly close to dying in a car crash while attending a medical conference in Beijing.

But when he arrives home in London, he's immediately arrested at Heathrow Airport and accused of the murder of a woman who was in the car he crashed. Exhausted and confused, Nolan insists that he was driving alone, But despite his protests, he's immediately ordered to return to China to face charges.