Robert Jones

Principal photography has begun on Channel 4 / Company Pictures’ four-part conspiracy thriller A VERY BRITISH COUP, inspired by the novel by former Labour MP Chris Mullin and written by Robert Jones. The series will star Gabriel Byrne in his first UK TV role in almost 20 years. Byrne will play politician Tom Dawkins, who takes on his superiors in an attempt to uncover the truth behind an industrial accident in Teeside. 

Principal photography has also begun on the first episode of crime drama MURDER, written by Robert Jones and produced by Kath Mattock at Touchpaper for BBC Scotland. The director of the original Danish version of TV series THE KILLING, Birger Larsen, is attached to direct.