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First photo released of The Offenders
Julia Davis and Richard E Grant have joined the cast of Stephen Merchant’s new comedy, The Offenders, which is currently filming in Bristol.
The news of the new cast members comes as the BBC has released the first image today from the show, which is currently being filmed in Bristol.
The Offenders (still a working title) will premiere on BBC One and iPlayer in the UK and on Amazon Prime elsewhere, and is produced by Big Talk with Merchant’s company, Four Eyes.
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In the lineup is Christopher Walken in his first lead British TV role, alongside writer and director Merchant and the rest of the cast: Rhianne Barreto, Gamba Cole, Darren Boyd, Clare Perkins and Eleanor Tomlinson.
Grant plays the Earl, the father of Tomlinson’s character; while Davis plays Rita, head of HR at the company where Merchant’s character Greg works.
The Offenders follows seven strangers from different walks of life forced together to complete a community payback sentence in Bristol.
The BBC says that as “unlikely new friendships intersect with their complicated private lives, the Offenders must unite to protect one of their own from Bristol’s most dangerous criminal gang.
“The show is part crime thriller, and part character study – with humour and heart.”
Main photo: BBC
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