Nightsleeper

Nightsleeper is a real-time thriller set on a sleeper train travelling from Glasgow to London, while a government agency desperately tries to intervene in the rapidly-escalating events onboard.

Year: 2023

Directors: Jamie Magnus Stone, John Hayes

Writers: Nick Leather, Laura Grace

Producer: Jonathan Curling

Executive producers: Kate Harwood, Nick Leather, Gaynor Holmes

Cast: Alexandra Roach, Joe Cole, Alex Ferns, Sharon Small, James Cosmo, David Threlfall, Daniel Cahill, Lois Chimimba, Gabriel Howell, Katie Leung, Leah MacRae, Ruth Madeley, Adam Mitchell, Pamela Nomvete, Scott Reid, Sharon Rooney, Parth Thakerar

Production companies: Fremantle’s Euston Films

Broadcaster: BBC One and BBC iPlayer

Episodes: 6x60 series

Screen Scotland funding: Nightsleeper accessed £400,000 through Screen Scotland’s Production Growth Fund to support the production to film in Glasgow and provide opportunities for local crew and trainees.

Filming in Scotland: This series was filmed in Glasgow

Synopsis

A man in a green shirt with rolled up sleeves talk on the phone as he looks out of a train window First look images courtesy of the BBC and Euston Films

Nightsleeper is a real-time thriller set on a sleeper train travelling from Glasgow to London, while a government agency desperately tries to intervene in the rapidly-escalating events onboard. Can two people who’ve never met, one on the train and one not, work together to save the lives of its disparate group of passengers as the Heart of Britain service hurtles towards what might quite literally be its final destination?

Header image: Alexandra Roach (Credit Mark Gregson) & Joe Cole (Credit Tomo Brejc)

More information

All episodes of Nightsleeper are now available on BBC iPlayer. Episodes aired on BBC One in September 2024.