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Nightsleeper
Nightsleeper is a six-part British television series made for BBC One, starring Joe Cole and Alexandra Roach and written by Nick Leather for Euston Films. It was released in September 2024.
A real time drama, the series is set on the fictional Heart of Britain sleeper train travelling to London from Glasgow. Two people who have not met before must work together to try to save the lives of the passengers.
It was revealed in December 2022 that the BBC had commissioned the series written by Nick Leather who is also executive producer alongside Gaynor Holmes for Euston Films. Executive producers also include Kate Harewood and Neomi Spanos. Jonathan Curling is producing. The series is directed by Jamie Magnus Stone and John Hayes.
In April 2023 it was revealed that Joe Cole and Alexandra Roach would lead the cast. That same month other cast members were revealed including David Threlfall, Ruth Madeley, Alex Ferns, Sharon Small, James Cosmo, Lois Chimimba, Gabriel Howell, Katie Leung, Leah MacRae, Adam Mitchell, Sharon Rooney, Pamela Nomvete, Scott Reid, Daniel Cahill, and Parth Thakerar.
Filming took place in Glasgow in April 2023. The opening scene was filmed in Glasgow's Central Station. Filming was also done in and outside Victoria Station, London. The interior scenes of the National Cyber Security Centre were filmed at the City of Glasgow College's Riverside Campus. The interior train scenes were shot at Pioneer Studios, near Glasgow, featuring a full-scale train set built specifically for the production. To mimic the movement of the train, LED video walls were installed, creating a dynamic and realistic backdrop.
The series premiered on BBC One on 15 September 2024 and had its BBC iPlayer streaming release on the same day.
The Guardian's Lucy Mangan gave the "fantastically dreadful" series two stars out of five, saying that the plot became "increasingly ridiculous and even within the elastic definition we apply to these capers, absurd" and the dialogue "increasingly abysmal", and calling Joe Cole's performance "expressionless to the point of distraction".
Writing in The Daily Telegraph, Keith Watson gave the series three stars out of five, saying that "[f]or all its adrenalin-rush moments [...] the basic premise makes about as much sense as the rail ticket pricing system", that the cliffhanger moments were "the TV equivalent of rubber-necking: you know you should look away but you really can't", and that the series was best enjoyed by suspending disbelief. In Watson's estimation, Joe Cole "does a kind of low-rent Speed-era Keanu Reeves turn" but nevertheless made "a fine action hero", while the passengers aboard the hacked train were "little more than clichés with issues, their backstories inserted to fill in the bits between chases/near misses/staring at the rail-route map."
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Nightsleeper
Nightsleeper is a six-part British television series made for BBC One, starring Joe Cole and Alexandra Roach and written by Nick Leather for Euston Films. It was released in September 2024.
A real time drama, the series is set on the fictional Heart of Britain sleeper train travelling to London from Glasgow. Two people who have not met before must work together to try to save the lives of the passengers.
It was revealed in December 2022 that the BBC had commissioned the series written by Nick Leather who is also executive producer alongside Gaynor Holmes for Euston Films. Executive producers also include Kate Harewood and Neomi Spanos. Jonathan Curling is producing. The series is directed by Jamie Magnus Stone and John Hayes.
In April 2023 it was revealed that Joe Cole and Alexandra Roach would lead the cast. That same month other cast members were revealed including David Threlfall, Ruth Madeley, Alex Ferns, Sharon Small, James Cosmo, Lois Chimimba, Gabriel Howell, Katie Leung, Leah MacRae, Adam Mitchell, Sharon Rooney, Pamela Nomvete, Scott Reid, Daniel Cahill, and Parth Thakerar.
Filming took place in Glasgow in April 2023. The opening scene was filmed in Glasgow's Central Station. Filming was also done in and outside Victoria Station, London. The interior scenes of the National Cyber Security Centre were filmed at the City of Glasgow College's Riverside Campus. The interior train scenes were shot at Pioneer Studios, near Glasgow, featuring a full-scale train set built specifically for the production. To mimic the movement of the train, LED video walls were installed, creating a dynamic and realistic backdrop.
The series premiered on BBC One on 15 September 2024 and had its BBC iPlayer streaming release on the same day.
The Guardian's Lucy Mangan gave the "fantastically dreadful" series two stars out of five, saying that the plot became "increasingly ridiculous and even within the elastic definition we apply to these capers, absurd" and the dialogue "increasingly abysmal", and calling Joe Cole's performance "expressionless to the point of distraction".
Writing in The Daily Telegraph, Keith Watson gave the series three stars out of five, saying that "[f]or all its adrenalin-rush moments [...] the basic premise makes about as much sense as the rail ticket pricing system", that the cliffhanger moments were "the TV equivalent of rubber-necking: you know you should look away but you really can't", and that the series was best enjoyed by suspending disbelief. In Watson's estimation, Joe Cole "does a kind of low-rent Speed-era Keanu Reeves turn" but nevertheless made "a fine action hero", while the passengers aboard the hacked train were "little more than clichés with issues, their backstories inserted to fill in the bits between chases/near misses/staring at the rail-route map."