Top – left to right: Hannah Walters (Emily), Stephen Graham (Andy), Vinette Robinson (Carly), Ray Panthaki (Freeman), Izuka Hoyle (Camille). Bottom – left to right: Gary Lamont (Dean), Daniel Larkai, (Jake), Stephen McMillan (Jamie), Hannah Traylen (Holly), Taz Skylar (Billy), Áine Rose Daly (Robyn)
As filming begins in Manchester, the BBC has announced the full cast for ‘Boiling Point‘, a new drama based on the multi-award-winning film of the same name.
The series picks up six months on from where the film left off and sees Sous Chef Carly (Vinette Robinson) as Head Chef at her own restaurant, with many of Andy’s (Stephen Graham) original team alongside her. As the pressure mounts to keep the restaurant full, Carly begins to feel the magnitude of responsibility that comes with running her own place.
Robinson and Graham are joined by Hannah Walters (Emily), Ray Panthaki (Freeman), Gary Lamont (Dean), Áine Rose Daly (Robyn), Taz Skylar (Billy), Daniel Larkai (Jake) Stephen McMillan (Jamie), Hannah Traylen (Holly) and Izuka Hoyle (Camille) who reprise their roles from the original film.
New faces joining the cast include Stephen Odubola (Johnny), Shaun Fagan (Bolton), Joel MacCormack (Liam) and Ahmed Malek (Musa). BAFTA award-winner Cathy Tyson joins the cast as Carly’s mum Vivian, and newcomer Missy Haysom makes their television debut playing Kit.
“We are over the moon to get the band back together, along with the creative team of Phil, James and Matt Lewis (DOP) we have our incredible original cast back,” said Boiling Point’s executive producers. “Not only that, we are excited to introduce new members to the Boiling Point family. We are immensely grateful to the BBC for giving us this moment and we are all raring to get going on the series.”
The series reunites the film’s co-writer and director Philip Barantini, who will direct episodes one, two and five and co-writer James Cummings, alongside the film’s producers, Hester Ruoff and Bart Ruspoli who all serve as executive producers on the series with Hannah Walters and Stephen Graham. Rebecca Ferguson is executive producer and commissioner for the BBC. Director, Mounia Akl joins the team to direct episodes three and four and Graham Drover is the series producer. Dan Caden is the co-writer on episode two, Alex Tenenbaum and Nathaniel Stevens are the writers of episode three and Grace Ofori-Attah is the writer of episode five. The production designer is Adam Tomlinson, director of photography is Matt Lewis, costume designer is Jessica Schofield and the hair and make-up designer is Sue Michael. International distribution will be handled by BBC Studios.
“It’s incredibly exciting to announce that filming is now underway,” adds Rebecca Ferguson, Commissioning Editor for BBC Drama. “The creative team on Boiling Point have brought together the finest cast, featuring established talent and introducing some breathtakingly good new cast members who will no doubt become household names.”
When it was first released as a film in 2021, ‘Boiling Point’ was met with huge critical acclaim and was nominated worldwide for over 30 awards in multiple categories, including four BAFTA nominations and 11 BIFA nominations, delivering four BIFA wins, two National Film Awards, four Taormina Film Festival Awards and most recently six Big Screen Nominations and a Breakthrough British Filmmaker win for Barantini and a Scottish Bafta Best Female Actor win for Izuka Hoyle in November 2022.
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