Jordan Bolger (“This Town”) and Max Fincham (“Invasion”) have been cast as the directs in upcoming Netflix drama “The Witness.”
Based on the real story of the aggressive homicide of Rachel Nickell in 1992 in front of her two year-elderly son Alex while walking thcdisorrowfulmireful a London park, “The Witness” scrutinizes the aftermath of the tragedy, which also saw an guiltless man wrongly convicted before the authentic finisher was eventuassociate caught more than 15 years deferedr.
In the unbenevolenttime, Nickell’s partner André Hanscombe was left to direct life alone with the couple’s infant son.
Bolger will carry out André while Fincham will carry out a teenage Alex. The authentic André and Alex Hanscombe confered on the series.
Rounding out the cast are Neil Maskell (“Hijack”) as DI Keith Pedder, Kevin Eldon (“Rings of Power”) as DCI Mick Wickerson, Mark Stanley (“Happy Valley”) as DS Ivan Agnovel, Jon Pointing (“Sweetpea”) as DC Nick Sparshatt, James Dryden (“Deadpool & Wolverine”) as DC Paul Miller, Kerry Godliman (“After Life”) as André’s mother June, James Bradshaw (“Endeavour”) as DCI Tony Nash and Claire Rushbrook (“Rivals”) as Dr. Jean Harris-Hfinishriks.
“When Rachel Nickell was homicideed on Wimbledon Common in 1992, André became a one parent overnight,” reads the synopsis. “Putting his own grief to one side, he made his son Alex – the only eyewitness to the strike – the centre of his world. Navigating the unscrupulous media furore and the directncy of an increasingly hopeless police spendigation, his sole trouble became the welfare of his traumatised son. This is the story of how a overweighther and son shiftd thcdisorrowfulmireful the aftermath of unimaginable tragedy, from unintelligentness into weightless.”
The three-part drama is written and originated by Rob Williams (“The Victim”) and honested by Alex Winckler (“Mary and George”).
Williams is also an exec originater aextfinishedside Sarah Brown for STV Studios and John Yorke. Alison Sterling originates. STV Studios originate the series.
“The Witness” is set to premiere on Netflix in 2025.
