ITV Greenlights Espionage Series Starring ‘Vigil’s Shaun Evans
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: ITV has greenlit an espionage thriller starring and produced by Vigil’s Shaun Evans from Mammoth Screen.
Evans plays John Hughes in Betrayal, which is set in the clandestine world of MI5. Hughes joined MI5 during the war on terror and was at the forefront of averting the biggest terrorist plots on UK soil.
Now in his mid 40s and married with two children he’s struggling to adapt to the new MI5, where threats to national security have changed and he’s forced to adapt to the values of a progressive work environment.
The show is co-produced with Navarino Pictures, the nascent production outfit founded by Evans earlier this year. Evans plays Elliot Glover in BBC hit Vigil while other credits include Until I Kill You and Endeavour, in which he stars as Inspector Morse.
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