Flightplan Writer Peter A. Dowling Scores ITV Submarine Drama Tenacity With Bad Wolf & eOne
Flightplan writer Peter A. Dowling has penned a six-part submarine drama for ITV from His Dark Mater..
Flightplan writer Peter A. Dowling has penned a six-part submarine drama for ITV from His Dark Materials producer Bad Wolf and Entertainment One.
Tenacity, which is inspired by the eponymous J.S. Law novel, follows disgraced military detective Danielle Dan Lewis, who is sent to investigate a case when a dead submariner is discovered aboard the British nuclear submarine Tenacity. But when the case turns to murder, it puts her in conflict with Tenacitys crew, her Navy superiors, and into the crosshairs of an assassin who has infiltrated her nuclear base with an agenda that will not only destroy national security but kill Dan and everyone she loves.
Tenacity will start filming in 2020. It marks the first major ITV drama for eOne as well as Bad Wolfs first commission from the British commercial broadcaster.
The series was commissioned by ITVs Head of Drama Polly Hill. Bad Wolf co-founders Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner will executive produce alongside eOnes Polly Williams.
Hill said, “Peter has written an incredible script with a brilliant and complex heroine leading an investigation that genuinely surprises. I am so delighted to be working with Bad Wolf and Entertainment One on this incredible drama, that promises to have an audience hooked from the start. We are excited to have this on ITV and think it will be addictive viewing.”
Dowling added, “I am thrilled to write Tenacity for ITV. Their ambition and enthusiasm for the project is hugely exciting and I cant think of better collaborators to help bring Lieutenant Dan Lewis to life.”
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