AcclaimedBritishactorChristo herEccleston(TheLeftovers,Thor:TheDarkWorld)willbejoinedbyMarshaThomason(WhiteCollar)andPatersonJose h(TheLeftovers,Law&am ;Order:UK)inanewfour- artdramaseriesSafeHousefromEleventhHourFilms.SafeHouseisatensethrillersetinthebeautifulwildernessoftheLakeDistrict.ThecastwillalsoincludeJasonMerrells(Emmerdale,WaterlooRoad),NicolaSte henson(AllAtSea,HolbyCity),andPeterFerdinando(DoctorWho,AFieldinEngland)andissettocommencefilmingtoday;Monday6thOctober.The4- artdramatellsthestoryofamarriedcou le:Robert(Christo herEccleston)aformerdetectiveandKaty(MarshaThomason)ateacherwhoareaskedbyclosefriendand oliceofficerMark(PatersonJose h),toturntheirremoteGuestHouseintoaSafeHouse.Theirfirst‘guests’attheSafeHouse,areafamilyinfearoftheirlivesaftertheyareviolentlyattackedbysomeonewhoclaimstoknowthem.ForRobert rotectingthefamilyresurrectsfearsandanxietiesboundu inaterrifyingnighteighteenmonthsago-wherehewas rotectingastarwitnesswhowasabouttotestifyagainstherganglandhusband.Unex ectedly,hewasshot,andshewaskilled.AsaconsequenceofrunningtheSafeHouse,Robertre-questionsthisincidentanduncoversaweboflies.Ins iredbyarealcou le,SafeHouseisadistinctivecharacter-drivendramacreatedandwrittenbyMichaelCrom ton(Kidna &am ;Ransom,Carrie’sWar),anddirectedbyaward-winningMarcEvans(Hinterland,Collision)and roducedbyAndrewBenson(Strikeback,MadDogs).Itisbeingdevelo edbyEleventhHourFilms’PaulaCuddy,whoisalsoanExecutiveProducer,alongsideJillGreen.SafeHouseis otentiallyareturnableseriesforITVandEleventhHourFilmsandwascommissionedbyITV’sDirectorofDrama,SteveNovemberandControllerofDrama,VictoriaFea.“We’redelightedtocommissionSafeHousefromJillGreenandEleventhHourFilms.It’sacom ellingfour- artdramafromMichaelCrom tonwithgreatcharactersandgenuinetwistswhichkee youguessingrighttotheend.”JillGreen(Foyle’sWar,Collision,TheAmerican)said:“Thisbrilliantideafora sychologicalthrillerhasattractedastrongcast–andwillkee viewersgri ed.