UKTV identifies I, Jack Wright

FIRST LOOK: Nikki Amuka-Bird, John Simm and Gemma Jones head the cast of I, Jack Wright, a murder mystery drama created by writer Chris Lang (Unforgotten).

Commissioned by UKTV’s Alibi, the six-part series centres on Jack Wright (Trevor Eve), a powerful and successful businessman who leaves his family in disarray when they learn of his suicide. When the provisions of Jack’s final will and testament are made known, his third wife, Sally (Amuka-Bird), and two sons, Gray (Simm) and John (Daniel Rigby), are shocked to discover they have been largely cut out of Jack’s enormous fortune.

As DCI Morgan (Harry Lloyd) and DC Jones (Liz Kingsman) delve further into the case, they realise Jack’s cause of death was in fact murder. Their sights turn to the Wright family, where the mother of all feuds is beginning. As each family member becomes more reckless and desperate in their bid to own a piece of Jack’s legacy, dark secrets and resentments are revealed with explosive consequences.

Jones plays Rose Wright, with Ruby Ashbourne Serkis as Emily Wright.

Further cast include Rakhee Thakrar as Laura Johnstone,  Zoë Tapper as Georgia Wright, James Fleet as Bobby, Sabrina Bartlett as Bella and Percelle Ascott as Reuben.

Produced by Federation Studios, the series has been pre-sold to Scandinavian public broadcasters YLE, DK, NRK and SRK. Executive producers are Polly Williams, Arielle Gottlieb, Chris Lang and Tom Vaughan. Helen Perry is executive producer for UKTV.

The series is directed by Tom Vaughan (Doctor Foster, The Flight Attendant) and produced by Nickie Sault (The Outlaws, The Virtues).

I, Jack Wright will air in 2025.

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