ITV is set to thrill audiences with its latest offering, Frauds, starring the formidable Suranne Jones of Doctor Foster and Gentleman Jack fame, alongside Jodie Whittaker, who is celebrated for her role in Doctor Who.
The new drama will see the pair as two “skilled confidence tricksters” who reunite after a decade apart due to a prison sentence.
The official synopsis teases that while Jodie’s character Sam has been enjoying a low-profile existence in the tranquillity of Southern Spain, Suranne’s Bert has been harbouring ambitions in her Spanish prison cell, eager to execute one last heist to cement her legacy.
Frauds is the brainchild of Suranne and Anne-Marie O’Connor, with Anne-Marie (known for Maryland) penning the script.
Suranne shared her excitement about the project: “Working on Frauds with Anne-Marie and Monumental for the last two years has been a wild ride. We took the idea of toxic female friendship and turned it on its head to give the heist genre an emotional heartbeat,” reports .
Doctor Who star Jodie Whittaker is set to appear in the new ITV drama (Image: James Pardon/BBC Studios)
She also expressed her enthusiasm about collaborating with Whittaker: “I have always wanted to work with Jodie, and now I am. I hope you love Bert and Sam and all they get up to as much as we do.”
Overseeing the production, Helen Ziegler, ITV’s Senior Drama Commissioning Editor, conveyed: “We are delighted to be working with Suranne, Anne-Marie and the brilliant team at Monumental on their unique take on a heist show.”
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Suranne Jones is well known for her role on BBC hit show Doctor Foster (Image: Drama Republic 2015)
Helen remarked on the upcoming drama, saying: “At its heart, this is a story of a complex, surprising friendship, which asks if Sam and Bert can pull together for one last job, or whether the past will derail them. Suranne and Jodie are two incredible actors and it’ll be thrilling to see what they bring to the central characters.”
The much-anticipated six-part series has commenced shooting in the sunny climes of Spain, with director Giulia Gandini from The Split and Shetland acclaim taking the helm. Meanwhile, acclaimed producer Pat Tookey-Dickson, known for their work on Maryland, 1899, and Ghosts, joins the production team.
Frauds is coming to ITV.