Hinds & Howle Cast In BBC-A24's 'Ministry Of Time'
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- Aoife Hinds and Billy Howle will lead the BBC and A24 fantasy series 'The Ministry of Time,' with Hinds cast as Sophy and Howle as Victorian polar explorer Commander Graham Gore, as Deadline previously reported earlier this year.
- The six-part series is adapted by writer Alice Birch from Kaliane Bradley's bestselling debut novel of the same name, and is produced by A24 with international distribution rights.
- Filming is set to begin in and around London, with further casting announcements expected "in due course," per the BBC.
- The co-production brings together Amediateka, Australia's Binge, Canada's Crave, and Germany's ZDF alongside the BBC and A24.
- BBC Director of Drama Lindsay Salt commissioned the show; Frances du Pille is producer, with Birch along with Aneil Karia and Jo McClellan serving as executive producers for the BBC.
- The plot follows civil servant Sophy acclimatizing Commander Gore to the modern world as part of a secret government department testing time-travel, with their professional friendship developing into a forbidden romance against the Ministry's sinister true intentions.
Why it matters: The casting locks in two rising British stars for a high-profile prestige adaptation that pairs the BBC's public broadcaster reach with A24's global distribution muscle, giving Bradley's novel — a bestseller — a major international platform across five English- and German-speaking markets before a single frame is shot.
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