James Graham, Michael Sheen & Adam Curtis Combine On Dystopian Drama ‘The Way’ For The BBC
deadline.comThree of the UK’s most sought-after creatives – James Graham, Michael Sheen and Adam Curtis – are combining on a BBC drama that imagines a civil uprising beginning in a small industrial town.
The Way is being penned by Sherwood creator Graham, directed by Good Omens star Sheen in his TV directorial debut and co-created by the pair with documentary auteur Curtis, whose past credits include The Power Of Nightmares and HyperNormalisation.
The trio’s three-parter will “tap into the social and political chaos of today’s world” via a civil uprising, the BBC said. It follows the Driscolls, an ordinary family caught in a chain of events and power struggles that forces them to escape the country they’ve always called home and the certainties of their old lives.
The Way brings together three juggernauts of the UK TV world. It is the first greenlight for Sheen’s production arm Red Seam, which he runs with Bethan Jones, who is developing and exec producing The Way.
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