The Split star Annabel Scholey is taking on a new role, and the upcoming drama is perfect for Silent Witness fans.
A star from BBC legal drama The Split is taking on a new role, with a first-look image having just dropped.
Annabel Scholey starred alongside the likes of Nicola Walker in the beloved drama, which ran from 2018 until 2022, before a two-part special aired in 2024.
She’s now set to appear alongside Richard Armitage in an upcoming ITV police procedural, Winter.
The actress plays DI Lauren Bell, “a meticulous and driven detective”, who joins forces with Richard’s character, Dr Ethan Winter, “one of the most gifted pathologists of his generation”.
The six-part thriller follows Winter cracking complex murder cases with his rule-defying methods, razor-sharp intellect and “extraordinary analytical mind”.
The synopsis goes on to tease: “Each episode features its own compelling, self-contained crime story, with resulting guest casting.
“A personal story thread, the unsolved murder of someone close to Winter, runs beneath the six-part series, as it still haunts his every move and he is intent on unofficially investigating the case and bringing the murderer to justice.”
Based on French thriller Balthazar, the cast will also feature Jamie Kenna, Carlotta Banat, Josh Barrow, Adwoa Akoto, Jay Taylor, Rishi Rian, Deirdre Mullins, Ellis Elijah and Evie Coles, reports the Mirror.
After the series was announced, Annabel commented: “I am thrilled to be joining ITV and Eagle Eye Drama as part of the Winter team, and to be working alongside the brilliant Richard Armitage on these fantastic scripts.
“Our characters’ tempestuous relationship will be a total thrill to explore, and I am excited to step into the wonderfully dry shoes of DI Lauren Bell.”
Meanwhile, fans of The Split don’t have long to wait before spin-off, The Split Up, launches, focused on “the charged world of Manchester’s high-net-worth divorce circuit” and the Kishan Law family – “a powerhouse British-South Asian family firm, and the go-to for the city’s elite”.
Executive producer of The Split and The Split Up, Abi Morgan, previously told Metro it would be “a fitting evolution” of The Split, saying: “I suppose the best thing I can say is that the new show will be in a new city with a new group of writers running it.
“But it is also really exciting to have Ursula Rani Sarma at the helm, and it’s been really enjoyable to see her voice and the voice of the writers grow, and I’m just excited to see what comes next.
“So I think it will be a very fitting evolution of The Split.”
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