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West Wing actor joins BBC thriller

Campbell - Also starring in Burn Up
Campbell - Also starring in Burn Up

'The West Wing' and 'Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip' star Bradley Whitford has joined the cast of a new BBC thriller called 'Burn Up'.

The Hollywood Reporter says that the BBC Two miniseries also stars Neve Campbell and Rupert Penry-Jones and will focus on oil executives, politicians and environmentalists.

Whitford will play an oil industry lobbyist, with Penry-Jones an oil boss and Campbell his environmentalist colleague.

Shooting on the miniseries will begin next year in London and Calgary.

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