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Exclusive: Suranne Jones and Jodie Whittaker are teaming on an ITV heist thriller about two skilled confidence tricksters separated by a 10-year prison sentence.

Gentleman Jack star Jones has created Frauds with Anne-Marie O’Connor, who she previously teamed with on ITV’s Maryland.

Jones will play Bert, who has spent the last decade in a Spanish prison cell with a burning desire to pull off one final job that will prove her worth. Doctor Who star Whittaker is Sam, her partner, who for the past decade has been content to live a life of quiet anonymity in the hills of Southern Spain. The story begins as Sam anxiously waits for Bert to be released from a maximum-security prison on grounds of compassionate discharge. On the pretext of one final, multi-million-pound art heist, Bert attempts to lure Sam out of retirement, but at what cost?

The show comes from Ghosts producer...

PBS series “Masterpiece” announced it’s bringing the well-received three-part U.K. miniseries “MaryLand” to the States. The drama stars Stockard Channing (“The West Wing”), Eve Best (“House of the Dragon”) and Suranne Jones (“Gentleman Jack”).

The series, which makes its PBS premiere on April 7, 2024, was co-created by star Jones and Anne-Marie O’Connor. It follows sisters Becca (Jones) and Rosaline (Best), who find themselves thrown together by the sudden death of their mother, Mary. The pair learn that their mother was living an entirely secret life on the Isle of Man, far from her home with her husband, Becca and Rosaline’s father.

Stockard Channing as Cathy

“As the sisters travel through the early days of grief and discover their

mother’s secrets, they meet their mother’s quirky friend Cathy (Channing)

who seems to know more about their mother than they do,” the logline states. “Becca and Rosaline find...

The upcoming Suranne Jones-starring drama series Maryland has added Eve Best (House of the Dragon) and Stockard Channing (The Good Wife) to its cast. Created by Jones (Gentlemen Jack) and Anne-Marie O’Connor (Trollied), Maryland centers on the relationship between two sisters who have been driven apart by complex family dynamics. Jones plays the down-to-earth mother of two, Becca, while Best plays the disciplined high-flyer, Rosaline. The three-part drama will air on Itvx in the U.K., while ITV Studios has distribution rights for international markets. According to Deadline, the series sees the two sisters travel to the Isle of Man to repatriate the body of their mother, Mary, leaving their father, Richard (George Costigan), at home in Manchester. While confined on the island, Becca and Rosaline discover shocking information about their mother and find it impossible to escape the ripple effect of her secrets and lies. Best is currently...

Eve Best and Stockard Channing are adding more star quality to the cast of Suranne Jones’ upcoming three-part Itvx drama Maryland.

Created by Jones and Trollied creator Anne-Marie O’Connor, Maryland focuses on the relationship between two sisters, down-to-earth mother of two Becca (Jones) and disciplined high-flyer Rosaline (Best) who have been driven apart by complex family dynamics.

They travel to the Isle of Man to repatriate the body of their mother, Mary, leaving their father Richard at home in Manchester. Confined on the island, they discover shocking information about their mother and find it impossible to escape the ripple effect of her secrets and lies.

Best is currently enjoying strong reviews for her role as dragon rider Rhaenys Targaryen in HBO’s House of the Dragon.

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