The BBC has unveiled a teaser trailer and first look images for its upcoming eight-part drama Crookhaven, which it described as “essential viewing for the whole family”.<\/p>\n
Based on the novels by JJ Arcanjo, the “high-stakes” story follows students and teachers at a fictional school for promising young thieves called Crookhaven.<\/p>\n
According to the synopsis, we’ll be introduced to a “group of eight very different, young international students as they go head to head in the competition for the infamous Crooked Cup \u2013 all while battling a terrifying enemy, The Nameless”.<\/p>\n
The plot will unfold primarily from the perspective of “pickpocketing genius” Gabriel (newcomer Lucas Leach) and his “arch-rival” Penelope (Carmel Laniado), who happens to be the daughter of the school’s headmaster.<\/p>\n
Check out the Crookhaven trailer<\/a> now for a glimpse at what to expect:<\/p>\n Want to see this content?<\/p>\n Accept and continue<\/p>\n Dougray Scott (Vigil<\/a>, Crime) takes the role of Crookhaven figurehead Caspian Lockett, while Keith Allen (Trainspotting, Bodies<\/a>), Julie Hesmondhalgh (Mr Bates vs The Post Office, Coronation Street<\/a>) and Claire Forlani (Industry<\/a>, Domina) also star.<\/p>\n The up and coming younger cast members assembled to form Crookhaven’s student body include Amari Bacchus (Adolescence<\/a>), Leila Khan (Heartstopper<\/a>) and Charlie Mann (Lazarus<\/a>).<\/p>\n BBC commissioner Sarah Muller said: “Crookhaven is a brilliant example of the rich homegrown storytelling we’re so proud to champion at the BBC. Its gripping mystery and standout cast make it a series designed to spark imaginations of all ages.<\/p>\n Want to see this content?<\/p>\n “We’re incredibly excited to bring this to BBC One, CBBC and iPlayer later this spring, and we know it will be a show families will love watching together.”<\/p>\n Crookhaven is also enrolling Naomi Wirthner (Slow Horses<\/a>), Genesis Lynea (Death in Paradise<\/a>) and Arthur Darvill (Doctor Who<\/a>) as supporting cast members, while former BBC and The News Agents journalist Emily Maitlis takes a voice role.<\/p>\n Crookhaven is coming soon to BBC One, CBBC and iPlayer. <\/p>\n Add Crookhaven to your watchlist on the Radio Times: What to Watch app<\/a> \u2013 download now for daily TV recommendations, features and more.<\/p>\n Check out more of our Drama<\/a> coverage or visit our TV Guide<\/a> and Streaming Guide<\/a> to find out what’s on. For more TV recommendations and reviews, listen to The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The BBC has unveiled a teaser trailer and first look images for its upcoming eight-part drama Crookhaven, which…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":491229,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[49,48,75,348],"class_list":["post-491228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/491229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}