New Thriller Starring Slow Horses and Sherwood Actors Premieres on TV Tonight
Channel 5 launches Missed Call, a four-part thriller that premieres on TV tonight. The first episode airs Monday 13 April at 9pm.
Episodes follow each night this week, concluding on Thursday 16 April. Viewers can watch the complete run during the week.
Storyline
The drama centres on Sarah, a single mother desperate to find her teenage daughter. Katie is on a school exchange in a picturesque French village.
Sarah receives a late-night missed call that forces her to travel to France. There she finds the host family and local authorities oddly indifferent to Katie’s disappearance.
Refusing to accept complacency, Sarah launches her own investigation. Her search escalates into a tense and dangerous race against time.
Cast and creative team
Joanna Scanlan leads as Sarah. Scanlan is best known for her work on Slow Horses.
Robert Lindsay also stars in the series. Among the Sherwood actors involved, Lindsay brings significant dramatic experience.
- Rupert Graves
- Claire Keim
- François-Xavier Demaison
This new thriller was created by Samuel Kissous and Matthew Thomas. Thomas co-wrote the scripts with Sally Abbott and Paul Matthew Thompson.
Sally Abbott’s credits include Vera and Call the Midwife. Paul Matthew Thompson is known for Ridley and Shakespeare and Hathaway.
Channel 5 perspective
Paul Testar, Commissioning Editor for 5, described the show as emotionally charged. He highlighted its international cast and themes of maternal determination and cultural clash.
Joanna Scanlan called the story powerful and unsettling. She said the role offered a chance to play a complex, determined character.
Production and broadcast
Missed Call was produced in association with Pernel Media and ITV Studios. Channel 5 is the UK broadcaster for the series.
The four-part drama premieres on TV tonight and continues nightly at 9pm. Episodes are available on Channel 5 from Monday 13 April.
