First-look images released and cast announced for BBC Three’s comedy horror Wrecked
Date Posted: March 1, 2022
BBC Three has released a selection of first-look images and announced a host of up-and-coming faces to join Wrecked, a thrilling new comedy horror created and written by Ryan J. Brown. The series is filming in Northern Ireland with support from Northern Ireland Screen. All six episodes are directed and executive produced by local man Chris Baugh (Boys from County Hell). Wrecked (w/t) will air later in 2022.
Wrecked is a tense thriller, mixing comedy with a slice of slasher, set aboard The Sacramentum cruise ship. The series follows 20 year-old new recruit, Jamie, as he infiltrates the 3,000-strong crew in a desperate race to find his missing sister. She was working aboard the same vessel on a previous tour and vanished mid charter.
Jamie is initiated into cruise life and gets a crash course on the tribes within the staff: the theatre kids, the mafias and the low-paid workers. For this overworked and underpaid crew, life below deck can be an odyssey of partying and excess… and they remain oblivious to the bloodthirsty murders taking place on board. Jamie is forced to turn detective and uncover the sinister truth.
Joining The Sacramentum are Oscar Kennedy (Ladhood) as Jamie, Thaddea Graham (The Irregulars) as Vivian, Jack Rowan (Noughts + Crosses) as Danny, Harriet Webb (I May Destroy You) as Karen, Jodie Tyack (The Window) as Pippa with new faces Louis Boyer as Sam, Anthony Rickman as Olly, Amber Grappy as Lauren, Diego Andres as Jerome, Peter Claffey as Cormac, Miya Ocego as Rosie, Warren James Dunning as Beaker, Ramanique Ahluwalia as Lily and Alice Nokes as Sophia.
The (6×45’) series was commissioned by Piers Wenger, Director of BBC Drama and Fiona Campbell, Controller of BBC Three and is produced by Euston Films, part of Fremantle with support from Northern Ireland Screen. It is executive produced by Noemi Spanos for Euston Films and Tommy Bulfin for the BBC.
Fremantle will handle international distribution of the series.
