JENNA COLEMAN TO LEAD WW2 SERIES THE WAR ROOMS! SKY ANNOUNCES CASTING FOR THEIR NEW FANTASY SERIES THE RISING

  JENNA COLEMAN TO LEAD 

 THE WAR ROOMS TV SERIES

Jenna Coleman will star and produce

Two TV projects from UK today for you, starting with Victoria's Jenna Coleman who will lead THE WAR ROOMS period set TV series produced by Oscar winning The Father's producer David Parfitt. The series tells the true story of the women who worked in Winston Churchill’s secret bunker in Whitehall, central London during WW2. Coleman will play Joan Bright, a woman who started the Second World War as a secretary and ended it organising conferences for the Allied forces. Bright was a friend of James Bond author Ian Fleming, and is rumoured to have been the template for the character of Miss Moneypenny from the Bond novels and subsequently films. Jenna Coleman is also producing.

 THE RISING FANTASY SERIES

SKY SETS LEADING CAST

Meanwhile, rival Sky has unveiled a plan for their new fantasy series THE RISING an eight part story of Neve Kelly (Clara Rugaard), who discovers that she is dead. She's scared and confused by this new existence.

Clara Rugaard will take the lead role

But, when she realises she has been murdered, she’s furious. She’s determined to find her killer and get justice, believing that it was someone she knew. Impulsive and restless, Neve regrets never leaving her isolated community. And, as she comes to terms with her abilities, she begins to destabilise the lives of those she left behind. Particularly her estranged father, Tom (Daniel Ings) and her beloved mother Maria (Emily Taaffe). Neve is a disruptive, unsettling hero who should not exist, and she needs to find her purpose. She takes us through the investigation into her death, going where the police can’t. In the process she uncovers deeply buried secrets and is forced to re-examine everything about her life and the people she cared about. With nothing to lose but time, Neve will push for the truth even when it hurts. Her return forces everyone around her to change,

Daniel Ings and Solly McLeod will also star in The Rising series

confess, or start covering their tracks. But, it also reveals that there are others like her out there… Nenda Neururer will play the irreverent Alex Wyatt who has recently returned to the area after three years away,  Solly McLeod is Joseph Wyatt, Alex’s cousin and Neve’s longstanding boyfriend. Alex Lanipekun and Robyn Cara will also star.