Sky1 has released the first teaser for Critical, the channel’s new “ultra-realistic real-time medical drama” from Line of Duty creator Jed Mercurio.

Starring Lennie James (The Walking Dead, Line of Duty), Catherine Walker (Strike Back), Claire Skinner (Outnumbered) and Kimberley Nixon (Fresh Meat), the 13-part series will tell “one story, in one place, in one hour” and is described by Sky as an “emotional roller-coaster ride in which every second counts during the most life-threatening hour of a patient’s treatment”.

Watch the teaser…

Critical‘s writer Jed Mercurio teased: “Sky has given the Critical team a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create the most realistic and thrilling medical drama.”

The cast also includes Neve McIntosh (Doctor Who), Prasanna Puwanarajah (The Half Light), John MacMillan (Silk), Ellen Thomas (Rev), Mali Harries (The Indian Doctor), Paul Bazely (Casualty), Danny Kirrane (Trollied), Peter Sullivan (The Hour), Emma Fryer (Phone Shop), Orion Lee (Skyfall) and Juliet Oldfield (Top Boy).

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