Yahoo News Jenna Coleman's The Cry to replace Bodyguard billing
Jenna Coleman's fraught new drama The Cry finally has a release date – and it should fill the void left by Jed Mercurio's exciting thriller Bodyguard.
BBC One's four-part series will launch on Sunday, September 30 at 9pm, a week after Bodyguard's finale this Sunday, September 23.
The Cry follows Coleman's young mother Joanna as she struggles to cope after the birth of her first child with husband Alister (Top of the Lake's Ewan Leslie).
After the family relocate to Australia, their newborn suddenly goes missing, and the couple's already fragmented relationship unravels further, as does Joanna's state of mind and her faith in her capabilities as a mother.
Related: BBC drops chilling first-look trailer for Jenna Coleman's mystery thriller The Cry
The disorientating psychological drama is adapted from the best-selling novel of the the same title by Helen Fitzgerald, although viewers are warned that the conclusion is revealed in the first page of the book.
Speaking previously about the challenges that the role presented, the Victoria star said: "I first read Jacquelin Perske's script on a plane.
"It felt like walking a tightrope, racing page to page, unsettling, unknowable, uncomfortable, and thrilling... I look forward to tackling this challenge and bringing it to the screen."
The ensemble cast also features familiar faces from Australia and Scotland, including X-Men Origins: Wolverine star Asher Keddie, Holby City veteran Stella Gonet and Neighbours' Alex Dimitriades.
The Cry begins on BBC One at 9pm on Sunday, September 30.
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