UK start date confirmed for John Simm’s ‘Intruders’

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Intruders, BBC America’s new conspiracy thriller series, will begin in the UK later this month.

Starring John Simm (Doctor Who, Life on Mars), Mira Sorvino (Mimic) and James Frain (The White Queen), Intruders is about about a secret society devoted to chasing immortality by seeking refuge in the bodies of others.

The show will launch with a double-bill at 9pm on Monday 27 October on BBC Two.

Created by The X-Files writer Glen Morgan, Intruders was filmed in Vancouver and is based on Michael Marshall Smith’s novel.

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Jack Whelan (John Simm), a former LAPD cop with a troubled and violent history, finds the quiet idyllic life he has crafted with his wife, Amy (Mira Sorvino) shattered when she goes missing. While Jack is consumed with an investigation, which threatens his very core, a sinister agent named Richard Shepherd (James Frain) is embarking on a series of lethal executions. Meanwhile, a distraught little girl named Madison (Millie Brown) runs away from home into a world of danger.

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Executive produced by former Doctor Who exec Julie Gardner, Intruders began in the US on BBC America in August.

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