8:30pm Monday, October 12 on TV One
Created by Anthony Horowitz, the two-part drama Collision shows the story of a major road accident, and a group of people who have never met, but who all share one single defining moment that will change their lives forever (tonight at 8.30pm on TV ONE).
Amid the tangle of twisted metal and emotional turmoil shaped by the tragedy of a crash of this scale, are the stories of the victims, and the impact of the accident on their families, friends and colleagues. As the terrible task of investigating the cause of the carnage begins, a series of revelations emerge: from government cover-ups and smuggling, to disturbing secrets and murder.
Douglas Henshall (Primeval) and Kate Ashfield (The Children) play the senior police officers in charge of the investigations, whose complicated personal lives threaten to collide with the grim job they face. Paul McGann (Withnail And I) stars as millionaire property developer, Richard Reeves, who starts to fall for the service station waitress (Lucy Griffiths, Robin Hood) who helps him after the crash. Dean Lennox Kelly (Shameless) and his brother Craig Kelly (Hotel Babylon) team up for the first time to play brothers Danny and Jeffrey Rampton, whose business dealings are about to be exposed as a result of the crash.
Karen Donnelly (Claire Rushbrook, Whitechapel) survives the crash, but has a secret which puts her life in jeopardy again; Brian Edwards (Phil Davis, Whitechapel) escapes the carnage which kills his mother-in-law; while piano teacher Sidney Norris' (David Bamber, Rome) guilty secrets are uncovered in the investigations.
ITV's Peter Fincham says: "This is a high octane event drama that combines creative and original thinking with mass appeal. It promises to be both provocative and engaging."
Jill Green, managing director of UK producers Greenlit Rights, says: "Collision is exactly the sort of high concept, primetime production Greenlit is known for. The universal theme and scale of this serial will make it much talked about."
Part two of Collision screens Monday 12 October at 8.30pm.
