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- Adeel Akhtar and Ciarán Hinds lead the new additions to A24's BBC drama Ministry of Time, joining alongside Hong Chau, Tamara Lawrance, Emily Fairn, Josh Finan, Aisling Loftus, Tawfeek Barhom, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, and Hélène Patarot.
- Aoife Hinds and Billy Howle were previously cast as leads Sophy and Graham, whose professional friendship spirals into a forbidden romance as the Ministry's sinister intentions emerge.
- Akhtar will play Quentin Ackerly, Sophy's handler at the Ministry, while real-life father and daughter Ciarán Hinds and Aoife Hinds will portray Sophy's on-screen parents Peter and Channary (played by Patarot).
- Alice Birch (Normal People) is adapting the six-part series, with Aneil Karia (Top Boy) as lead director, and A24 producing for BBC iPlayer and BBC One.
- Filming is currently underway in and around London, with A24 holding international distribution rights and executive producing alongside Bradley, Birch, Karia, and the BBC's Jo McClellan.
- The supporting cast fills out the Ministry's ranks: Chau as Vice-Secretary of Expatriation Adela, Lawrance as bridge Simellia, and Finan as Captain Arthur Reginald-Smyth, among others.
Why it matters: The casting anchors A24's first major BBC co-production with award-caliber talent — an Oscar nominee, a BAFTA winner, and a Normal People adapter — giving the six-part prestige drama a clear transatlantic pipeline through A24's international distribution arm and BBC iPlayer's global reach.
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