‘Close To Me’: Channel 4 Announces Psychological Suspense drama starring Christopher Eccleston & Connie Nielsen
Channel 4 has announced ‘Close To Me‘, a new psychological suspense drama starring Christopher Eccleston and Connie Nielsen, based on the best-selling novel of the same name by author Amanda Reynolds, will premiere this Autumn on the UK broadcaster.
‘Close to Me’ is a six-episode series that follows the story of Jo Harding (Connie Nielsen), a woman who seems to have it all – a beautiful house in the country, a loving family and Rob, her devoted husband (Christopher Eccleston). But following a fall, an entire year suddenly vanishes from Jo’s memory. As she struggles to piece events together, Jo discovers that her life wasn’t quite as perfect as she imagined – and that someone will do all they can to keep a terrible secret from her.
Their children, Finn and Sash, are played by Tom Taylor (Us, Doctor Foster) and Rosy McEwen (The Letter Writer, The Angel of Darkness). Jo’s best friend Cathy is played by Susan Lynch (Save Me, Unforgotten), while Leanne Best (Young Wallander, Cold Feet) stars as Rob’s co-worker Anna. High-profile Danish actor Henning Jensen (When the Dust Settles, Countdown Copenhagen) features as Jo’s father Frederik, while Ellie Haddington (Enola Holmes, Motherland) plays her neighbour Wendy. Ray Fearon (Da Vinci’s Demons, His Dark Materials) plays Jo’s boss Nick and Nick Blood (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, Strike) stars as Sash’s boyfriend Thomas. Jamie Flatters (Liar, So Awkward) plays Owen and Lorraine Burroughs (Hard Sun, The Five) stars as Helen.
‘Close To Me’ is produced by NENT Studios UK for Channel 4 and has been acquired by Channel 4’s Head of Acquisitions, Nick Lee, Head of Drama, Caroline Hollick and overseen by Commissioning Editor, Gwawr Lloyd. Angela Pell (‘Snow Cake’, ‘Gifted’) wrote the screenplay, Michael Samuels (‘The Windermere Children’, ‘The Missing’, ‘Any Human Heart’) directs, while Gina Carter (‘Yardie’, ‘In the Long Run’, ‘Kingdom’) is the executive producer, alongside Robert Taylor and Ed Clarke of TDP, Dave Clarke from NENT Studios UK and Connie Nielsen. The series was filmed in 2020 in London, Hertfordshire and East Sussex. It is distributed globally by All3Media International.
‘Close To Me‘ premieres this Autumn on Channel 4 in the UK. If you want to keep track of this or any other show, you can add it via our Never Miss system, and you’ll be notified when it gets a UK premiere date.
