Rose Ayling-Ellis To Lead ITV Drama ‘Code Of Silence’; Mediawan Buys Africa’s Cote Ouest; Channel 5 Calls For ‘The Hunted’; Sky Kids Series — Global Briefs
deadline.comRose Ayling-Ellis To Lead ITV Drama ‘Code Of Silence’ Rose Ayling-Ellis will star in an ITV drama Code of Silence, playing a Deaf catering worker who is called in support a detective by lip reading the conversations of dangerous criminals.
Her interpretation of a gang’s clandestine meetings lead to police unlocking a case but she becomes drawn to a main suspect and pulled into a risky situation as things threaten to spill over into her personal life.
Catherine Moulton (Baptiste, Hijack) is writing the series, with ITV Studios-owned Mammoth Screen, the indie behind The Serpent and Noughts + Crosses producing.
Tom Leggett and Damien Timmer executive produce alongside Moulton. Ayling-Ellis, a Deaf actress known for her role in EastEnders and winning Strictly Come Dancing, is also developing a comedy-drama about Deaf women dating in London, as Deadline revealed last August. Mediawan Buys African Indie Distributor Côte Ouest Mediawan’s buying spree isn’t over yet.
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