UKTV’s Alibi Channel has set an April premiere date for ‘The Red King‘, a new UKTV Original police drama/folk-horror created and written by Toby Whithouse (Being Human), starring Anjli Mohindra, Adjoa Andoh, and Marc Warren.
The new six-part UKTV original drama, which combines a knotty police investigation with chilling, atmospheric folk horror, follows smart, capable and by the book Grace Narayan (Mohindra), who was flying high as an inner-city police sergeant before being forced into a ‘punishment posting’ on the small, antiquated island of St. Jory. Confronted by the forgotten and unsolved case of missing teenage boy Cai, Grace quickly discovers that she must overcome scarce evidence, extraordinary local characters, and the island’s strange cult history to uncover the truth.
The cast includes Anjli Mohindra (The Lazarus Project) as Grace Narayan, Adjoa Andoh (Bridgerton) as Lady Heather Nancarrow and Marc Warren (Van Der Valk) as Dr Ian Prideaux. Further cast include Jill Halfpenny as Ann Fletcher, Mark Lewis Jones as Gruffudd Prosser, Oliver Ryan as Mihangel Pugh, and Sam Swainsbury as Father Douglas Carrisford.
The six-part series is created and written by Toby Whithouse (Being Human, The Game) and produced by Quay Street Productions (‘Nolly’, ‘Significant Other’), in association with ITV Studios, which will handle international distribution, and supported by North East Screen.
The UKTV Original series has been commissioned by Philippa Collie Cousins, senior commissioning editor, with Pete Thornton, head of scripted, and ordered for Alibi by Emma Ayech, channel director, and Hilary Rosen, director of commissioning. Executive producers are Nicola Shindler (Nolly, It’s A Sin, Stay Close) and Davina Earl (Men Up, Safe, Come Home) for Quay Street Productions (part of ITV Studios), Philippa Collie Cousins for UKTV and Toby Whithouse.
‘The Red King‘ premieres Wednesday, 24th April 2024 at 9pm on UKTV’s Alibi, with all episodes available on Sky, Virgin and NOW streaming services.
