Netflix’s The Crown actor Ben Miles has landed a role in an upcoming series on ITV
The Crown’s Ben Miles is to star in ITV‘s “suspenseful” new space thriller about a woman who vanishes during a lunar mission.
The actor, who played British Royal Air Force officer Peter Townsend in the royal drama, joins Adolescence star Ashley Walters in six-part series First Woman.
Ashley plays Ben Reith, who wakes up one morning to discover his wife Claire (Andrea Riseborough) has disappeared. It marks the beginning of an international news story “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 hundreds of thousands of miles between them, can Ben uncover the truth behind his wife’s disappearance?”
The cast also includes Pride and Prejudice star Jennifer Ehle and Alex Hassell, who will soon be seen reprising the role of Rupert Campbell-Black in the second series of steamy Disney+ hit Rivals.
Ben, who is also known for conspiracy thriller The Capture, is joining the cast of First Woman alongside The Tower’s Jimmy Akingbola, Fra Fee from Unchosen, You’s Kathryn Gallagher, Nautilus’ Shazad Latif and Neuromancer’s Christian Ochoa Lavernia.
Sharing the cast update on Instagram, ITV teased: “A groundbreaking project. A missing biologist. A mystery that reaches across the stars.”
Polly Hill, ITV’s director of drama, said the series would take viewers on “an incredible journey”, adding: “I wanted ITV to make this the moment 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 series was announced, 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 ultimate test. It’s rare that you get given the opportunity to tell a story with such ambition and scope, and we’re eternally grateful to Polly at ITV and Alcon for allowing us to do that.”
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