ITV has ordered a new ‘domestic horror’ drama from the makers of Unforgotten.

Written by Paula Milne (The Politician’s Husband, White Heat, Small Island), the three-part series will focus on “life’s major themes: the painful breakdown of relationships, love, loss, betrayal and passion”.

Him is described as the story of a 17-year-old boy and his “rite of passage from boyhood to manhood as he struggles not to lose his humanity and control his supernatural power.”

ITV’s Director of Drama Steve November commented: “Him tells the gripping story of a boy capable of psychic phenomena. It’s extraordinary and unlike any drama we’ve commissioned before. We’re incredibly excited about working with writer Paula Milne and commissioning Him from Mainstreet Pictures following the success of their series Unforgotten.”

Executive producer Sally Haynes added: “It’s fantastic to be bringing such a bold, surprising and emotional serial to ITV from one of the U.K’s most eminent writers.”

The officials synopsis reads: “The story focuses on a 17-year-old boy, (known only in the drama as HIM) who is caught in the limbo between childhood and adulthood. But he’s also trapped in a limbo between the two homes of his divorced parents, each now remarried with new families. He is the cuckoo in both their nests, a reminder of the failure of their past and a threat to their new found domestic bliss.

“Like any teenager, he is riding a rollercoaster of confusing emotions. Like most boys he finds it hard to process his feelings so tends to “act out”. But his behaviour is also triggered by something else. He is engaged in a primal struggle to contain the terrifying secret of a supernatural power he inherited from his grandfather. A power that only his ageing grandmother understands, who urges him to use his gift only for ‘good’ for she knows if he doesn’t it could end in tragedy.

“When his 17-year-old stepsister Faith moves into the family home, HIM finds himself irrevocably drawn to her. They both know their mutual attraction could rupture the family. The turmoil this causes in HIM escalates out of control and with it his supernatural power – and those closest to him are in his line of fire.”

Him will begin filming in suburban London in January 2016.

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