‘Hunting Alice Bell’: Trailer released for Channel 4 drama

Here’s the trailer for David Baddiel and Peter Bradshaw’s upcoming Channel 4 thriller drama victim of alice bell.

Alex Roach in a six-part drama (night sleeper), Amanda Abbington (sherlock), Emily Barber (mobland), Tony O’Rourke (God’s creatures), Christina Bennington (halo), Rudy Dharmalingam (Lazarus Project), Ralph Little (death in heaven) and Simon Pegg (mission imposible).

The trailer begins with Pegg, playing serial killer anaesthetist Jason Nash, staring at the screen as Channel 4 news reports that the new identity of his former girlfriend and partner, a nurse named Alice Bell, has been revealed online. “We’re going to make him pay,” one video shows a masked vigilante telling the camera.

In subsequent shots, the lives of five women named Alice are turned upside down as vigilante groups raid their homes. “I’m not him!” One of them cries, Fran da Silva, played by lead actress Roach. Da Silva learns that she is not the only one suffering her fate and the women unite to clear their names.

However, much like a Cheat Round Table, no one can be certain that everyone else is innocent. “The most important thing is that we trust each other,” Barber’s Vanessa says during a tense conversation as the women sit in a circle. Christina Bennington’s Charlotte laughs, while another possible Alice says, “But look, my friends want to know if you’re Alice Bell.”

Comedian and writer Baddiel created the series with journalist and screenwriter Bradshaw, with Polly Buckle and Kate Varghese co-writing alongside him. Paul Walker directed all episodes.

Where is the idea for Baddiel victim of alice bell It comes from real cases of women in Britain who were terrorized by the general public over the suspicion that they were objects of national hatred and secretly living in the community.

Clapperboard Studios produced the show in association with distributor Sphere Abacus, which has international distribution rights and sold the drama to Channel 4. Exec producers for Clapperboard are Mike Benson and Rachel Gesua, David, Bradshaw, Buckley and Jonathan Ford and Will Stapley of Sphere Abacus. It is produced by Tamaryn Reineke.

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