Collision

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Douglas Henshall, Kate Ashfield, Paul McGann and Phil Davis lead a prestigious cast in Collision, a compelling new drama created by Anthony Horowitz for ITV1.

The five-part serial tells the story of a major road accident and a group of people who have never met but who all share one single defining moment that changes their lives.

Amid the tangle of twisted metal and emotional turmoil wrought by the tragedy of a crash of this scale are the tales of the victims, and its impact on their families, friends and colleagues.

As the terrible task of investigating the cause of the carnage begins, a series of revelations emerge, from Government cover-ups and smuggling to disturbing secrets and even murder.

Douglas Henshall (Primeval, French Film) and Kate Ashfield (The Children, The Diary Of Anne Frank) play the senior police officers in charge of the investigations whose complicated personal lives threaten to collide with the grim job they face.

Paul McGann (True Dare Kiss, Withnail And I) stars as millionaire property dealer Richard Reeves, while Dean Lennox Kelly (Shameless, The Invisibles) and his brother Craig Kelly (Hotel Babylon, Queer As Folk) team up for the first time to play siblings Danny and Jeffrey Rampton, whose business dealings are about to be exposed as a result of the crash. Zoe Telford (The Palace, Agatha Christie’s Marple) is Jeffrey’s wife Sandra.

Claire Rushbrook (Mutual Friends, Whitechapel) plays Karen Donnelly, who survives the crash but has a secret that again puts her life in jeopardy. Phil Davis (Bleak House, Whitechapel) is Brian Edwards, who escapes the carnage that kills his mother-in-law. His wife Christine, played by Jan Francis (U Be Dead, New Tricks) is devastated by the death of her mother, and confused by her husband’s reaction to police questioning. And David Bamber (Rome, Daniel Deronda) stars as Sidney Norris, a piano teacher whose guilty secrets are uncovered in the investigations.

Collision is written by Anthony Horowitz (Foyle’s War) and Michael A Walker (Does God Play Football?), and directed by Marc Evans (My Little Eye, Snow Cake).