Belfast and Merlin actor Colin Morgan has been announced as part of the cast of new Northern Irish TV psychological thriller Dead and Buried.
The four-part Virgin Media Television/BBC Northern Ireland series, written by Co Down novelist Colin Bateman, has also begun filming in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland and will be completed over the coming months.
Dead and Buried will also star Annabel Scholey (The Split, The Serial Killer's Wife, The Salisbury Poisonings), Kerri Quinn (Hope Street), Waj Ali (Carnival Row), Owen Roe (Vikings) and Niamh Walsh (The Sandman).
According to the synopsis of the new show, "Outside the supermarket with her young son, Cathy (Scholey) encounters Michael (Morgan) - the man convicted of the brutal murder of her brother, 20 years earlier.
"Ignoring the advice of her best friend, Cathy takes to social media, uncovering the successful career and family life Michael has forged for himself since early release from prison, while she grieved for her brother.
"Re-traumatised by her past, Cathy instigates a clandestine relationship with the man she despises, embarking on a campaign of harassment and deceit.
"As Cathy’s obsession grows, dark fantasies of revenge and reality blur as she sets out on a campaign of psychological warfare to destroy Michael’s life".
Armagh actor Morgan, who also appeared in Humans and Dead Shot, says: "I'm delighted to be embarking on Colin Bateman's dark, funny and compulsive new drama Dead And Buried.
"There's a brilliant team working on this and it already feels incredibly exciting, I can't wait for it to hit the screens and for it to pull viewers along its twisted path."
Scholey added: "Cathy is a wonderfully complex character and I'm excited to be bringing her to life and to taking her to dark places with this brilliant team.
"Laura Way is a director I’ve worked with before and we have a wonderful shorthand, so it’s very exciting to be teaming up again for such a compelling story."
Bateman, who is also the series’ Executive Producer, says: "Very excited that Dead and Buried is coming to television. It has been a fascinating journey from the original short story, to the one-woman stage show, and now expanded into an exciting four-part drama.
"Although it has changed greatly, the actual conundrum at the heart of the story is universal and timeless - what do you do if you meet someone who has prospered after murdering one of your loved ones? Do you say something? Do you do something? How would you react?"
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