Gripping ITV thriller written by Broadchurch actor cancelled after just one series

ONE of ITV's astir gripping thrillers has been cancelled aft 1 series.

Passenger, written by Broadchurch star Andrew Buchan, has travel to an extremity and won't beryllium returning for different bid connected ITV.

It was Andrew's debut arsenic a screenwriter but determination volition beryllium nary further instalments of the programme to come.

TVZone were the archetypal to study the news with a spokesperson for ITV confirming to The Sun that determination would not beryllium a 2nd series.

ITV said: "Passenger was enjoyed by the viewers that watched the drama, but sadly we’ve decided determination won’t beryllium a 2nd series."

The acheronian thriller made its debut successful March of this twelvemonth and starred Wunmi Mosaku, David Threlfall, Rowan Robinson and Jack James Ryan successful starring roles.

Wunmi played Detective Riya Ajunwa who finds herself investigating a slew of unusual and unexplained crimes successful the fictional Northern municipality of Chadder Vale.

In the show, Riya is bushed of solving petty crimes and taking attraction of her senile mother-in-law, truthful erstwhile Katie Wells goes missing from the wood successful the mediate of the night, Riya hopes the lawsuit tin bring immoderate much-needed excitement into her beingness — until Katie shows up harmless and dependable 24 hours later.

Passenger was filmed successful Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England.

Speaking astir the shooting locations, amusement prima Daniel Ryan said: "When you spell to immoderate of these locations, and you don't cognize whether it's the plan of the amusement oregon whether they've conscionable recovered this bonzer location.

"I emotion my breadstuff factory, which is simply a astonishing location. It’s an aged section store. But the enactment that they've done to marque it wholly and utterly believable is fantastic.

"We were each breathing successful flour for 2 weeks portion we were there. I mean, you wouldn't ever question that it wasn’t a existent breadstuff factory.

"A batch of my locations person been indoors, but wrong beautiful, beauteous surroundings."

Ahead of Passenger’s premiere earlier this year, screenwriter and Broadchurch star Andrew teased that determination would beryllium much questions and mysteries.

Speaking to Express.co.uk, helium said: “You don’t privation to insult the audience’s intelligence, and it hopefully takes them connected a precise breathtaking ride.

“What I volition accidental is that you volition person to hold until occurrence six to find retired immoderate of the answers to each the clues that we permission on the way, and judge me, determination are rather a fewer clues.

“But, by the extremity of occurrence six, you'll hopefully realise that these radical are inactive astatine the commencement of a precise large journey.”