Sophie Rundle to Star in New Mystery 'After The Flood'
Sophie Rundle (Peaky Blinders) is headed back to the on-screen police force for the first time since her turn as PC Kirsten McAskill back in the early years of Happy Valley. The actor, who was last seen as Ann Lister’s wife, Anne, in Gentleman Jack, has landed the lead role in a brand new contemporary mystery series, After The Flood. An original drama from Quay Street Productions, the wholly original story is a six-part series produced by Nicola Shindler, who was also Russell T Davies’ partner in getting It’s A Sin made for Channel 4.
The series hails from actor-turned-writer Mick Ford (How to Get Ahead in Advertising) and centers around a dead man discovered in a car park after a devastating flood. The body is initially written off as yet another casualty of the rising waters, but PC Joanna Marshall (played by Rundle) feels like something doesn’t add up. In the press release announcing the casting, Shindler said, “When Mick Ford brought the kernel of the idea of After the Flood to us, we were immediately drawn in. Not just by the catastrophic repercussions of a deadly environmental disaster in a town that could very well be our own, but also the intricacies and deception at the heart of the characters’ stories.”
ITV Studios owns Quay Street Productions, but despite the apparent vertical integration, that doesn't necessarily mean the show will automatically go to ITV or BritBox U.S (which is jointly owned by ITV and the BBC) here in the U.S. (Case in point: It's a Sin, which was produced by QSP, but aired on Channel 4 and streamed on HBO Max.) However, in this case, the network is keeping it all in-house. After The Flood premieres on ITV1 and ITVX in the U.K., and will then follow with a debut in America on BritBox.
