BBC’s New Thriller ‘The Rapture’ Promises Chilling Climate Catastrophe Drama
Get ready for a gripping new drama from the BBC featuring a powerhouse team behind the scenes. Bryony Kimmings, known for Last Christmas, teams up with Rebecca Manley on episode four, under the direction of Chanya Button, who has credits including World On Fire and the upcoming Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials starring David Tennant.
Paralysed Psychologist Takes on Dark Secrets in Maximum Security Unit
The story centres on forensic psychologist Gabrielle Fox (played by Ruth Madeley), recovering from a car crash that left her paralysed. She lands a job in a maximum security facility for juvenile offenders – and meets 16-year-old inmate Bethany Krall. Convicted of brutally murdering her mother, Bethany claims she has psychic powers.
Is Bethany a cunning psychopath, or can she really foresee a natural disaster tied to climate catastrophe? The tense, eerie mystery unfolds with dark humour and spine-tingling twists.
Cast and Creators Excited for This Bold Climate Thriller
Ruth Madeley says: “I am thrilled to be teaming up with the BBC and Mammoth Screen to lead such an epic series. I loved Liz Jensen’s novel and Bryony Kimmings’ scripts are brilliantly inventive and funny and scary. Gabs is such a rich and complex character and I cannot wait to play her.”
Bryony Kimmings adds: “When I read The Rapture I fell immediately in love with its fallible, weird, potty-mouthed, struggling female leads. The gift of the book is its reluctant protagonists with too much on their plate to think about the climate. That’s me – that’s most of us! I can’t wait to bring them to the screen so you can fall in love with them too.”
Executive producers Tom Leggett and Damien Timmer from Mammoth Screen say: “The Rapture is a dream project for us – Liz Jensen’s novel and Bryony’s scripts crackle with wit and danger and feature two outstanding female lead characters, all set against a genuinely urgent story about climate catastrophe. Having Ruth Madeley as Gabs is the icing on the cake!”
Lindsay Salt comments: “We’re thrilled to be bringing Liz Jensen’s truly compelling novel to life with the fantastic Ruth Madeley at the forefront. The Rapture blends a vitally important story of climate change with a gripping narrative rooted by two complicated and captivating women. It’s fantastic to be working with Mammoth Screen again and we can’t wait for audiences to be hooked in by this emotional rollercoaster of a drama.”
