The Split star in first look at return of Channel 4's "biggest scripted streaming launch ever"
The anthology psychological thriller will return with a brand-new story, this time focusing on a heart surgeon (Annabel Scholey) and her husband (Sam Palladio) as their lives are turned 'upside down' by a new neighbour (Aggy K Adams).
Ahead of its launch, Channel 4 has released the first images of the follow-up to the broadcaster's 'biggest scripted streaming launch', with the five photos showcasing Scholey and her fellow co-stars.
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Joining Scholey, Palladio and Adams in the series are Sendhil Ramamurthy and Hugh Dennis, the latter of whom will reprise his role from the first season. David Allison will pen the scripts, which are an adaptation of Fatal Injections, with Dries Vos directing all episodes.
'Brilliant heart surgeon Charlotte Roberts (Scholey) and her husband, consultant anaesthetist Jacob (Palladio) are a high-flying busy married couple,' the synopsis reads. 'But things soon turn upside down when their mysterious new hospital colleague Mia (Adams) rents out the house next door.
'Working her way into Charlotte and Jacob's confidence and eventually their bed, Mia also quickly befriends cul-de-sac outcast Alan (Dennis) whilst Charlotte has to handle the reappearance of past flame Leo (Ramamurthy).
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'However, it's not long before Mia's past comes back to haunt her, leading Charlotte and Jacob to question who she really is, especially when patients at the hospital mysteriously start dying. But one thing is clear, giving into desires can have deadly consequences…'
With filming recently being completed in Belgium, fans will soon be able to 'venture back into the claustrophobic world of the cul-de-sac and explore the fallout of taking your fantasies and making them reality.'
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