{"id":211178,"date":"2025-10-13T21:53:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T21:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/211178\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T21:53:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T21:53:11","slug":"gillian-andersons-70s-set-drama-with-unforgettable-characters-reveals-heart-wrenching-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/211178\/","title":{"rendered":"Gillian Anderson’s ’70s-set drama with “unforgettable characters” reveals heart-wrenching trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trespasses, the new 1970s-set drama starring Gillian Anderson and Lola Petticrew, has unveiled its heart-wrenching trailer ahead of its release. Set during the time of The Troubles in Northern Ireland, this Channel 4 drama<\/a> looks like it will pack an emotional punch.<\/p>\n

The upcoming series<\/a>, which is based on Louise Kennedy’s 2022 novel of the same name, sees Anderson and Petticrew play a mother-daughter duo, with the latter being at the centre of the story as her character falls in love with a barrister (played by Tom Cullen).<\/p>\n

Billed as a “forbidden love story”, the first trailer depicts the meeting between Cushla (Petticrew) and Michael (Cullen), with their romance becoming more dangerous by the day due to the sharp divide in the community. <\/p>\n

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“1975, in a town outside Belfast. Whilst working one night behind the bar of her family pub, serving a mixed crowd including the locally stationed soldiers, Catholic school teacher Cushla meets Michael, an older Protestant married man,” reads the logline.<\/p>\n

“[He] often defends IRA suspects and is friends with cultured Bohemians who enrage and intrigue Cushla. Worlds apart, Cushla knows a relationship like this spells all kinds of trouble, but they are irresistibly drawn to one another.”<\/p>\n

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Channel 4<\/p>\n

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“In a place where loose lips cost lives and danger lurks in the shadows, amidst the fear and paranoia, this illicit affair between Cushla and Michael ignites and burns bright,” it continues, with their love potentially costing them “everything”.<\/p>\n

In addition to the aforementioned stars, the supporting cast for Trespasses<\/a> includes Martin McCann and Gerard McCarthy. Dawn Shadforth is serving as the director, while Ailbhe Keogan is adapting Kennedy’s novel. <\/p>\n

Related: Motherland stars reunite for “brilliant” new BBC sitcom – here’s what fans can expect<\/a><\/p>\n

“The whole scripting process has been remarkably pain-free as the team was guided by their love of Louise’s stunning novel,” said Keogan of the adaptation process. “It remained our creative lodestar throughout.<\/p>\n

“We feel incredibly grateful to have been gifted the chance to bring the world within it to life, especially the unforgettable characters that populate Cushla and Michael’s Belfast. This show will be political, cinematic, sensual, moving, and, despite the heartbreak, ultimately hopeful.”<\/p>\n

Trespasses currently has no release date.<\/p>\n

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\"Lettermark\"<\/p>\n

Reporter, Digital Spy George is a freelance writer who specialises in Movies<\/a> and TV. After graduating with a degree in Film Studies and Journalism from De Montfort University, in which he analysed the early works of Richard Linklater for his dissertation, he wrote for several websites for GRV Media. \u00a0His film tastes vary from blockbusters like Mission: Impossible<\/a> and John Wick<\/a> to international directors such as Paolo Sorrentino and Hirokazu Kore-eda, and has attended both the London and Berlin film festivals.
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