Lennie James to lead cast of Sky1's Critical

The Line of Duty's Lennie James is to lead the cast of Sky 1 real-time medical drama Critical.

He will play locum trauma consultant Glen Boyle. Catherine Walker (Strike Back) plays trauma registrar Fiona Lomas with Claire Skinner (Outnumbered) playing trauma consultant Lorraine Rappaport. Junior doctor “Harry” Bennett-Edwardes is played by Kimberley Nixon (Fresh Meat).
 
The show, created by Jed Mercurio (Line of Duty, Bodies), will be made up of one story, in one place, during the crucial first hour of a patient’s injury. 
 
The 13-part series is set in a state-of-the-art Major Trauma Centre, a unit which treats only the most gravely ill or seriously injured.  Each episode features a new case.
 
Lennie James commented: “The chance to work with Jed again and to come home to be part of such an exciting and ballsy project was too good an opportunity to turn down.”
 
The cast also includes: Neve McIntosh (Doctor Who), Prasanna Puwanarajah (The Half Light), John MacMillan (Silk), Ellen Thomas (Rev), Mali Harries (The Indian Doctor), Paul Bazely (Casualty), Danny Kirrane (Trollied) Peter Sullivan (The Hour), Emma Fryer (Chickens, Phone Shop), Orion Lee (Skyfall) and Juliet Oldfield (Top Boy).
 
The 13 x 60’ series was commissioned by Sky’s previously acting head of drama, Cameron Roach, and will be produced by Hat Trick Productions.  The executive producers are Mark Redhead for Hat Trick Productions and Cameron Roach for Sky.  The lead director for the series will be BAFTA winning Jon East (That Summer Day, Downton Abbey Christmas Special) and produced by Christopher Hall (Dracula, Murder on the Home Front).