ITV adds The Crown star to cast of suspenseful | UK News

Ben Miles is set to seem in ITV‘s “suspenseful” new space thriller about a girl who goes lacking during a lunar mission.

The actor, identified for enjoying British Royal Air Force officer Peter Townsend in The Crown, joins Adolescence star Ashley Walters in the six-part collection First Woman, studies Wales Online.

Ashley performs Ben Reith, who wakes one morning to discover his spouse Claire (Andrea Riseborough) has vanished. This units off an worldwide news frenzy “because Claire is an astronaut crewing the UK’s first moonbase and she’s disappeared into the long lunar night”, according to the broadcaster’s synopsis.

It adds: “Claire is the first woman to set foot on the moon. A biologist taking part in a groundbreaking research project, her disappearance throws suspicion on her fellow astronauts and China’s rival base.

“With tons of of 1000’s of miles between them, can Ben uncover the reality behind his spouse’s disappearance?”

The stellar cast also features Pride and Prejudice actress Jennifer Ehle and Alex Hassell, who will shortly be seen reprising his role as Rupert Campbell-Black in the eagerly anticipated second series of the steamy Disney+ hit Rivals.

Ben, who is also known for his role in conspiracy thriller The Capture, joins The Tower’s Jimmy Akingbola, Fra Fee from Unchosen, You’s Kathryn Gallagher, Nautilus’ Shazad Latif and Neuromancer’s Christian Ochoa Lavernia in the First Woman cast.

Sharing the cast announcement on Instagram, ITV teased: “A groundbreaking project. A lacking biologist. A thriller that reaches across the celebs.”

Polly Hill, ITV’s director of drama, said the series would take viewers on “an unimaginable journey”, adding: “I needed ITV to make this the second I read it.

“The team that has come on board on and off screen is incredible, and a testament to the wonderful and original scripts.”

When the collection was unveiled, creator Lydia Yeoman said: “Set in the exciting (and as-yet-unexplored) world of private space travel, First Woman is a thriller unlike anything else we’ve seen.

“This is the story of a marriage put through the last word check. It’s uncommon that you get given the chance to inform a story with such ambition and scope, and we’re eternally grateful to Polly at ITV and Alcon for permitting us to do that.”