Smith will play Kathy in, a mother who leads her family on a vacation to Turkey, where an idyllic break quickly unravels when their 16-year-old son is arrested after attending a local beach party.
Kathy and her husband Martin are left to navigate an expensive and alien legal system, looming media coverage, and the disdain of fellow holidaymakers in a four-part series that deals with issues including teenage consent.as a “passion project” about a family “caught in a modern nightmare.” Smith added that it was a “thrilling, complex” story.
“This is a brilliant script about a family who are out of their depth, in a legal system they don’t understand, trying to save their son,” said ITV drama head Polly Hill. “Danny finds such emotional truth in the characters and their nightmare holiday, that it’s utterly compelling from start to finish.”will go into production over the summer next year and will be executive produced by Red founder Nicola Shindler, who is leaving the production outfit to set up a label at ITV Studios in 2021.