‘Malpractice’: ITV Sets April Premiere Date For Medical Drama
ITV has set an April premiere for ‘Malpractice‘ a new medical thriller from award-winning production company World Productions (‘Line of Duty’, ‘Vigil’).
Dr Lucinda Edwards (Niamh Algar – ‘Deceit’, ‘Calm with Horses’, ‘Raised by Wolves’) is a smart, battle-hardened doctor, but we meet her on a nightmare shift that ends in the death of an opioid overdose victim, Edith Owusu. Despite the support of her medical supervisor, Dr Leo Harris, played by James Purefoy (‘A Discovery of Witches’, ‘Sex Education’), Edith’s grieving father Sir Anthony Owusu, played by Brian Bovell (‘Crime’, ‘Strike’) demands an investigation into Lucinda’s actions on the fateful night.
Leading the inquiry are Dr Norma Callahan, played by Helen Behan (‘Holding’, ‘The Virtues’) and Lucinda’s former colleague, Dr George Adjei, played by Jordan Kouamé (‘Megalomania’). While George feels this was an unavoidable tragedy, Norma is suspicious of Lucinda’s behaviour and decisions in the lead-up to Edith’s death.
As the pressure of the investigation intensifies, Lucinda’s relationship with husband Tom, played by Lorne MacFadyen (‘Pistol’, ‘Vigil’) starts to fracture, and her confident professional exterior begins to crack. Is Lucinda hiding something?
Through the cat-and-mouse thriller of the medical investigation, Malpractice tells the story of a damaged doctor caught up in a dangerous conspiracy.
The series also stars Hannah Walters (‘Boiling Point’, ‘Time’) in the role of Matron Beth Relph, Priyanka Patel (Britney, Another Me) as Dr Ramya Morgan, Scott Chambers (‘Chicken’, ‘Innocent’ S2) as Dr Oscar Beattie, Tristan Sturrock (Poldark, Doc Martin) as Dr Mike Willett and Georgina Rich (‘Heartstopper’, ‘War of the Worlds’) playing Dr Eva Tait.
‘Malpractice’ is written by former NHS doctor Grace Ofori-Attah (‘In the Long Run’, ‘Urban Myths’) and directed by BAFTA nominated director Philip Barantini (‘Boiling Point’, ‘The Responder’, ‘Villain’), both executive producers on the series. Sophie Reynolds (‘State of the Union’) is Producer.
Commissioned by ITV’s Head of Drama Polly Hill, the five-part series is also executive produced by Simon Heath, CEO of World Productions (‘Line of Duty’, ‘Save Me’, ‘Vigil’, ‘The Pembrokeshire Murders’, ‘Anne’), and produced in association with, and distributed by ITV Studios.
‘Malpractice‘ premieres Sunday, 23rd April 2023 at 9pm on ITV1, with the full series dropping on ITVX on the same date.
