Curfew | |
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Genre | Crime drama |
Based on | After Dark/Curfew by Jayne Cowie |
Screenplay by | Lydia Yeoman Jess Green Sumerah Srivastav |
Directed by | Joasia Goldyn |
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Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Allan Niblo Jane Moore Nathalie Peter-Contesse |
Producer | John Adams |
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Original release | |
Network | Paramount+ |
Curfew is an upcoming British crime drama television series for Paramount+. It is an adaptation of the novel After Dark [nb 1] by Jayne Cowie.
In a society in which men are all restricted by a 12-hour curfew at night time, a woman is brutally murdered and deposited at a Women’s Safety Centre overnight. [1]
The series is being produced by Vertigo Films in association with Evolutionary Films, with Federation Studios distributing. John Adams is the producer, Joasia Goldyn is the director, whilst Lydia Yeoman is lead writer alongside Jess Green and Sumerah Srivastav. Allan Niblo, Jane Moore and Nathalie Peter-Contesse are executive producers on the series for Vertigo Films. [2] It is an adaptation of the 2022 novel After Dark by Jayne Cowie. Filming was underway in early 2024 in London. [3] [4] [5]
The cast is led by Sarah Parish and Mandip Gill and also includes Mitchell Robertson and Alexandra Burke. [6] In April 2024, Anita Dobson, Lucy Benjamin, Bobby Brazier and Larry Lamb joined the cast. [7]
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