‘The Couple Next Door’: Hugh Dennis & Kate Robbins Board Sam Heughan-Starring Channel 4/Starz Thriller
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Hugh Dennis (Outnumbered) and Kate Robbins(After Life) have boarded Channel 4/Starz drama The Couple Next Door, which stars Sam Heughan and Eleanor Tomlinson.
The thriller series from Professor T producer Eagle Eye Drama follows Tomlinson’s Evie and Pete (Harry Potter star Alfred Enoch), who move into an upscale neighborhood and find themselves in a world of curtain twitching and status anxiety.
They find friendship in the shape of the couple next door, alpha traffic cop Danny (Heughan) and his wife, glamorous yoga instructor Becka (Jessica De Gouw), but after Danny and Evie share a passionate night together, there is trouble ahead.
Dennis, who made his name on a string of comedy panel shows and sitcoms but is turning to more serious drama, will play nosey neighbour Alan Richardson, while Robbins, who starred as Penny Spencer-Wright in Ricky Gervais Netflix hit After Life, is his wife Jean.
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