Deadline on Channel 5: TV show release date, cast with James D’Arcy and Charlie Murphy, drama series trailer

A new four-part Channel 5 murder mystery drama surrounds a woman who is accused of her husband’s murder, and the journalist who falls in love with her.

The action takes place in London and Budapest as a suspected killer is pursued across Europe.

The intense drama series is, as lead actor James D’Arcy wrote in an Instagram post, a “twisty turny sexy thriller”.

How can I watch Deadline on TV?

The first episode of Deadline will air on Channel 5 on 5 April at 9pm, with later episodes being released at the same time daily over the following three days until 8 April.

Episodes can be watched shortly after they are first broadcast on the streaming service My5.

What is the plot of Deadline?

James Alden is a washed-up journalist making low budget and lower quality TV documentaries, in search of a real story to get stuck into.

When Natalie Varga is accused of murdering her husband, James finds just what he has been looking for and believes he has bagged a career-making interview.

But Natalie will only agree to an exclusive sitdown with the journalist if James can find her husband’s real killer.

As James starts to fall in love with the suspected murderer and is dragged into a world of mystery, danger and deceit, he realises that his good fortune could come to a bloody end.

Who is in the Deadline cast?

James D’Arcy plays investigative journalist James, who has been demoted to creating soul-destroying content because of a mistake from his past.

D’Arcy is known for his roles as Edwin Jarvis in Agent Carter and Lee Ashworth in Broadchurch.

He has also starred in the big-budget Christopher Noal war film Dunkirk as Colonel Winnat, and is due to star in the upcoming Nolan project, Oppenheimer.

Charlie Murphy plays the prime murder suspect Natalie, with whom James will fall into a less than professional relationship.

Murphy played Jessie Eden in gangster series Peaky Blinders and Ann Gallagher in Happy Valley.

She has also starred in the recent videogame series Halo as Makee.

Indra Ové will play Barbara Curtis, James’ boss and former lover.

Ové’s other credits include playing Anna in Sex Education and Keeley in Breeders, and had a small role as a First Order Officer in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

Other cast members include Anamaria Marinca (Temple) as Mrs Molnar, Nina Senicar (Emergency Center) as Vera, and Brian Caspe (Spy City) as Toth.

Where was the series filmed?

Much of the series was filmed on location in Budapest.

A six week shoot took place in the city from August 2021 - Charlie Murphy and Indra Ové shared several posts from their shoot at the time.

Ové wrote in one post: “It’s a WRAP! On @channel5 drama #TheInterview FANTASTIC 6 week shoot in #Budapest with the brilliant cast.”