Marchlands

Published: Monday, 10 January 2011, 11:40AM

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Marchlands is the gripping story of three different families living in the same house in the 1960’s, 1980’s and present day. The families are linked by the spirit of a young girl – the 1960’s family’s daughter who died in mysterious circumstances.  It’s a brand new five-part drama from ITV Studios written for ITV by Stephen Greenhorn (Glasgow Kiss, Doctor Who).

ITVS Senior Executive Kate Lewis and Creative Director of Drama, Kate Bartlett are the executive producers, along with Stephen Greenhorn. The 5 x 60 min series is directed by James Kent (The Secret Diaries of Anne Lister, Margaret) and produced by Chrissy Skinns (Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Auf Wiedersehen Pet).  It was filmed on location around London.

Kingston (Doctor Who, Hope Springs, ER) and Whittaker (Cranford, Wired, Venus) will star alongside DEAN ANDREWS (Ashes to Ashes, Life on Mars), SHELLEY CONN (Strike Back, Mistresses), ANNE REID (Ladies of Letters, Five Days), ELLIOT COWAN (The Fixer, Lost in Austen), DENIS LAWSON (Criminal Justice, The Passion), JAMIE THOMAS KING (Mad Men, The Tudors) and TESSA PEAKE-JONES (Only Fools and Horses).