Channel 5 viewers are set to see actress Joanna Scanlan as single mom Sarah in Missed Call
Joanna stars as Sarah in the upcoming Channel 5 drama(Image: ©5 Broadcasting Limited / ©PERNEL MEDIA LTD / ITV STudios)
Channel 5 audiences can look ahead to an thrilling new crime drama launching this week.
Missed Call stars Slow Horses actor Joanna Scanlan as Sarah, a mom whose deepest anxieties change into actuality when her daughter embarks on a school change to the South of France.
The tour is overseen by instructor Neil Scott and Sarah’s accomplice, Jason Bradley, who’s transporting the pupils to Saint-Michel.
Channel 5 viewers will watch as her daughter Katie is positioned with the extremely regarded Morvan household, who’ve a daughter named Emma. Yet Katie quickly turns into entangled in the change college students’ social scene, the place alcohol, gatherings and group friction emerge, reviews the Mirror.
After Sarah misses a late-night phone name from Katie, her concern intensifies when her daughter ceases all communication. While the college, supervising instructor and host household preserve Katie is socialising with associates, Sarah’s instincts inform her in any other case, prompting her to take motion herself.
A synopsis for the collection states: “When British teenager Katie Gleason vanishes during a school exchange in southern France, her mother Sarah rushes to Saint-Michel seeking answers.
“Met with evasive police and hostility from Katie’s highly effective host household, the Morvans, Sarah launches her personal investigation alongside native detective Lieutenant Virginie Taylor, exposing buried secrets and techniques, abuse, corruption, and trafficking inside the tight-knit city.
“As bodies surface and suspicions reach influential figures – including Virginie’s father – alliances fracture. Betrayed and unravelling, Sarah learns that Katie may still be alive. Time is running out for them both and justice.”
Here’s all the pieces it’s worthwhile to find out about Missed Call.
When does Missed Call start?
The first episode of the five-part collection will air on April 13 at 9pm on Channel 5.
It will then air every night time consecutively till the collection ultimate on Friday, April 17.
A quick overview of episode one reads: “Unable to shake the sensation that her daughter is in hazard, Sarah flies to France.
“Once in Saint-Michel, she finds a city reluctant to reply questions. The police seem gradual to behave, the Morvans appear unusually calm, and college students on the faculty are evasive.
“As Sarah begins asking questions herself, she discovers Katie spent her last known night with a troubled local boy named Xavier and another unidentified girl. Surveillance footage soon confirms Katie was in town only hours before she vanished. Then Sarah receives a message from Katie’s phone – one that turns her worst fears into a terrifying possibility.”
Missed Call cast record in full
Joanna Scanlan leads the cast as Sarah Gleason, whereas Emily Coates portrays her daughter Katie Gleason. Claire Keim takes on the position of Virginie Taylor, François-Xavier Demaison seems as Jerome Ricard, Rupert Graves steps into the position of Jason Bradley, and Robert Lindsay stars as Andrew Taylor.
Other supporting cast contains:
- Lise Laffont as Audrey Lambert
- Dean Fagan as Neil Scott
- Lya Lessert as Emma Morvan
- Xavier Lemaitre as Serge Henin
- Célia Diane as Caroline Morvan
- Hélène Azema as Yvette Henin
- Cole Martin as Ben
- Nicolas Van Beveren as Fabien Morvan
- Andrew Lee Potts as Mark Jones
- Daisy Axon as Lucy
- Thorian De Decker as Officer Remy
- Maxime Pipet as Xavier Henin
- Sandra Teles as Rebecca
- Arthur Combelles as Gabriel (The Pathologist)
- Oliver Jenkins as British Reporter
Where is Missed Call filmed?
Actor Dean Fagan, who portrays Neil Scott, revealed to his Instagram followers that filming passed off in Montpellier in the South of France.
Villeneuvette served as the first location for the fictional village of Saint-Michel, whereas Katie’s change lodging was shot at Domaine St Martin de la Garrigue, based on 4filming.
The UK sequences had been captured in and round London, with viewers witnessing Sarah’s journey to France through the Port of Dover in Kent.
Missed Call airs on Channel 5 on April 13 at 9pm.
