The Nightsleeper departs this weekend, and its creator invites us along for the ride. A real-time thriller about a speeding train heading from Glasgow to London, Nightsleeper is the BBC’s newest Sunday night drama. There’s a vogue for these real-time thriller shows at the moment. ITV’s Red Eye and Apple TV+’s Hijack have both been recommissioned. … >
A train becomes a bomb in the upcoming thriller series Nightsleeper. Real time thrillers seem to be making a comeback. Recently, we’ve had the Idris Elba fronted Hijack and Richard Armitage’s Red Eye. Now, the BBC plan to put us off intercity travel, with a drama playing out across an overnight train journey. Here’s the … >
The series is helmed by Doctor Who director Jamie Magnus Stone. Updated 23/11/23: With the show due next year, the BBC have released first images from its upcoming thriller Nightsleeper. The real-time drama, which takes place on an intercity sleeper service between Glasgow and London, follows a government agency’s frantic efforts to intervene in the … >
The show stars Oscar Kennedy, Thaddea Graham and Jack Rowan on a killer cruise. The BBC have dropped details and some first images from Wrecked, their upcoming comedy/horror series set aboard a cruise liner. The show is a tense thriller which mixes comedy with “a slice of slasher” and comes from writer Ryan J. Brown. … >