ITV confirms 'thrilling' new heist drama with Suranne Jones and Jodie Whittaker

Gentleman Jack's Suranne Jones and Doctor Who histrion Jodie Whittaker volition look successful the ITV drama.

ITV has unveiled a caller heist drama, Frauds, featuring Suranne Jones, who is good known for her relation connected Doctor Foster and Gentleman Jack and Doctor Who prima Jodie Whittaker.

The duo volition represent 2 "skilled assurance tricksters" who person been separated by a 10-year stint successful prison, it's been disclosed.

The synopsis reveals that Whittaker's quality Sam "has been contented to unrecorded a beingness of quiescent anonymity successful the hills of Southern Spain", portion Jones' Bert has spent "the past decennary successful a Spanish situation compartment with a burning tendency to propulsion disconnected 1 last occupation that volition beryllium her worth".

Frauds is simply a instauration for ITV by Suranne and Anne-Marie O'Connor, with Anne-Marie (Maryland) arsenic the writer.

Suranne expressed: "Working connected Frauds with Anne-Marie and Monumental for the past 2 years has been a chaotic ride. We took the thought of toxic pistillate relationship and turned it connected its caput to springiness the heist genre an affectional heartbeat.

"I person ever wanted to enactment with Jodie, and present I am. I anticipation you emotion Bert and Sam and each they get up to arsenic overmuch arsenic we do."

Helen Ziegler, the Senior Drama Commissioning Editor overseeing production, stated: "We are delighted to beryllium moving with Suranne, Anne-Marie and the superb squad astatine Monumental connected their unsocial instrumentality connected a heist show."

Helen besides said: "At its heart, this is simply a communicative of a complex, astonishing friendship, which asks if Sam and Bert tin propulsion unneurotic for 1 past job, oregon whether the past volition derail them. Suranne and Jodie are 2 unthinkable actors and it'll beryllium thrilling to spot what they bring to the cardinal characters."

The eagerly anticipated six-parter has kicked disconnected filming nether the Spanish sun, with Giulia Gandini of The Split and Shetland fame directing, portion Pat Tookey-Dickson, celebrated for works similar Maryland, 1899, and Ghosts, is connected committee arsenic producer.

Frauds is coming to ITV.