‘Boat Story’: BBC & Amazon Freevee Order Thriller Starring Daisy Haggard and Paterson Joseph
The BBC and Amazon Freevee have ordered ‘Boat Story‘, a six-part thriller from Two Brothers Pictures (‘The Tourist’, ‘The Missing’, ‘Fleabag’) starring Daisy Haggard & Paterson Joseph in the leads, with an impressive supporting cast.
When two hard-up strangers, Janet (Daisy Haggard – ‘Back to Life’, ‘Breeders’) and Samuel (Paterson Joseph – ‘Vigil’, ‘Noughts & Crosses’), stumble across a haul of cocaine on a shipwrecked boat, they can’t believe their luck. After agreeing to sell it and split the cash, they quickly find themselves entangled with police, masked hitmen, and a sharp-suited gangster known only as “The Tailor” (Tcheky Karyo – ‘Baptiste’, ‘The Missing’).
At its heart, ‘Boat Story’ is an action thriller about two ordinary people whom the world has turned its back on, and whether they’re willing – or desperate enough – to do something crazy to get what they want in life. Pushed to the very edge, can they trust each other and get away with their lives and the money?
“We loved making ‘The Tourist’ and ‘Boat Story’ picks up where that left off – tonally at least,” commented Harry and Jack Williams, writers and Managing Directors of Two Brothers Pictures. “It’s a morality tale and a thriller and other things that make it hard to define even though we seem to be attempting to define it. It’s full of vulnerable, messed up and eccentric characters and we’ve cast some of our favourite actors to play them. We are excited to bring this to life along with our fellow directors.”
Also starring BAFTA-winner, Joanna Scanlan (‘After Love’, ‘Notes on A Scandal’), Craig Fairbrass (‘One Piece’, ‘Villain and Muscle’) and Phil Daniels (‘Quadrophenia’, ‘House of Dragons’), Boat Story twists and turns with character-driven, surprising storytelling, hilarious and moving in equal turns. Off-beat humour contrasts with high-octane action sequences against the spectacular backdrop of the beautiful, windswept Yorkshire coastline.
“Boat Story will surprise the audience from the first minute,” adds Christopher Aird, Two Brothers Pictures Head of Drama. “Harry & Jack are challenging conventions we’ve come to second guess in screen drama. I think this is their boldest show yet and very exciting.”
‘Boat Story’ is a Two Brothers Pictures (an All3Media company) production for the BBC. The series is written by Harry and Jack Williams (‘The Missing’, ‘Baptiste’, ‘The Tourist’), who alongside Christopher Aird (‘Baptiste’, ‘Liar’, ‘The Tourist’) and Daniel Walker will serve as executive producers for Two Brothers Pictures and with Tommy Bulfin as executive producer for the BBC. Matthew Bird (‘Isolation Stories’, ‘Strangers’) will produce, and Harry and Jack Williams will direct block one. Alice Troughton (‘A Discovery of Witches’, ‘Tin Star’) will direct block two and Daniel Nettheim (‘The Tourist’, ‘Line Of Duty’) directs block three. International sales will be handled by All3Media international.
“Even by Jack and Harry’s remarkable standards, Boat Story is a hugely entertaining and fiendishly clever thriller that I know will have the nation desperate to know what’s coming next,” said Tommy Bulfin, BBC Commissioning Editor. “And I cannot think of a more perfect cast to bring these fantastic characters to life – you’ll just have to wait and see which ones you can trust!”
‘Boat Story‘ does not yet have a premiere date, but will air on BBC One and iPlayer in the UK, and on Amazon Freevee in the USA. If you want to keep track of this or any other show, add them via our Never Miss system, and you’ll be notified when they gets a UK premiere date.
