Jenna Coleman To Star In New BBC Crime Drama ‘The Jetty’ (Photo by Olivia Lifungula, provided by BBC)
Jenna Coleman is not only popping up in a new Prime Video series soon, but has also landed the lead role in ‘The Jetty‘, an upcoming BBC crime thriller from writer Cat Jones (Harlots, EastEnders, Waterloo Road) and producers Firebird Pictures.
In the four-part series, a fire tears through a holiday home in a scenic Lancashire lake town. Detective Ember Manning (Coleman) must work out how it connects to a podcast journalist investigating a missing persons cold case and an illicit ‘love’ triangle between a man in his twenties and two underage girls.
But as Ember gets close to the truth, it threatens to destroy her life – forcing her to re-evaluate everything she thought she knew about her past, present and the town she’s always called home.
“I’m delighted to be returning to the BBC to be a part of The Jetty, with Firebird Pictures at the helm, bringing the story of Ember Manning to life,” said Coleman. “I look forward to exploring Cat Jones’ darkly probing scripts, alongside Marialy Rivas’ eloquent vision.”
As much a coming-of-age story as a detective thriller, ‘The Jetty’ asks big questions about sexual morality, identity and memory, in the places that Me Too has left behind.
“I’m thrilled to be making The Jetty for BBC One. Like millions of people all over the world, I’ve grown up loving and admiring BBC dramas, so getting to create one really is a dream come true,” said writer and creator Cat Jones. “The Jetty is a story I’ve wanted to tell for a long time but it wasn’t until it found its champions at the fantastically writer-friendly Firebird, that it really came to life. What feels like a total dream team continues to grow with the addition of Marialy Rivas to direct and the brilliant Jenna Coleman. I’ve no doubt audiences are going to be completely transfixed by her as Ember.”
Executive producer Elizabeth Kilgarriff (Bodyguard, The Cry, Luther) adds: “Provocative, thrilling and deliciously surprising at every turn, Cat’s beautiful scripts promise to take the audience on a rollercoaster ride where nothing is quite as it seems. To have the opportunity to work with Jenna again – and see her bring our complex, funny and utterly human heroine Ember to life on BBC One, couldn’t be more exciting – and I can’t wait to see the visual magic that the brilliant Marialy Rivas weaves as this powerful and gripping story unfolds.”
The Jetty is produced by Firebird Pictures (Wilderness, Outrageous, Consent), one of BBC Studios’ owned production labels. It was written and created by Cat Jones. The director is Marialy Rivas (Young & Wild, Perry Mason, Princesita). The executive producers are Elizabeth Kilgarriff, Sarah Wyatt, Cat Jones, Marialy Rivas, Jenna Coleman and Jo McClellan for the BBC.
“The Jetty is so much more than a crime thriller, and with Cat Jones as writer, Firebird Pictures producing and Jenna in the lead role of Ember Manning, I know we have the perfect team in place to create a truly brilliant, brave series,” comments Lindsay Salt, Director of BBC Drama. “I can’t wait for BBC viewers to discover its many secrets.”
‘The Jetty‘ does not yet have a premiere date, but will air on the BBC. If you want to keep track of this or any other show, you can add them via our Never Miss system, and you’ll be notified when it gets a UK premiere date.
