FIRST LOOK The Rapture

BBC One's new psychological thriller starring Ruth Madeley and India Amarteifio.

BBC One has released a first look at the upcoming psychological thriller, The Rapture, which stars Ruth Madeley and India Amarteifio and has been adapted from Liz Jensen’s bestselling novel.

Filmed in Wales, the five-part drama is a high-stakes thriller which crackles with danger. Set in a heatwave, with protestors on the streets, forensic psychologist Gabs Fox, played by Ruth Madeley, starts a new job at a high-security psychiatric hospital where she meets 17-year-old Bethany Krall, played by India Amarteifio.

Bethany was convicted of murdering her mother but claims she is innocent. She is estranged from her father Leonard, played by Sam Hazeldine, who is the charismatic leader of an influential religious movement.

Bethany tells Gabs that she has psychic powers and can predict the future. But what will it take for Gabs to believe her? And if Bethany didn’t kill her mother, then who did?

The cast also includes Stephen Campbell Moore, Lisa Palfrey, Siena Kelly, Naby Dakhli, Richard Elis, Dean Rehman, Robert Rhodes and Ruth Jones.

Made by Mammoth Screen, part of ITV Studios, The Rapture is written by performance artist, playwright and screenwriter Bryony Kimmings and Rebecca Manley, directed by Eva Sigurðardóttir and Jennifer Perrott and produced by Betsan Morris Evans and Joanna Crow.

It's executive produced by Rebecca Durbin, Tom Leggett, Ruth Madeley and Damien Timmer for Mammoth Screen, and Danielle Scott-Haughton was the executive producer for the BBC before her sad passing earlier this year.

The Rapture is coming soon to BBC One

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7cQudOSQA0