Stop the press! Filming has begun on the new BBC drama by writer Mike Bartlett, the man behind hit BBC1 series Doctor Foster.

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Called Press, the series will follow Peaky Blinders' Charlotte Riley, who plays a Deputy News Editor of fictional broadsheet, the Herald. She’s joined by Apple Tree Yard’s Ben Chaplin, who plays the Editor of tabloid newspaper The Post.

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The BBC promises the drama will explore the “fast-paced and challenging environment of the British newspaper industry”, alongside the “constant professional dilemmas facing its characters”.

The show will also feature David Suchet (Poirot) as the Chairman & CEO of Worldwide News, owner of The Post. Priyanga Burford (King Charles III), Paapa Essiedu (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) and Game of Thrones’ Ellie Kendrick will also star.

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Press will broadcast on BBC One in 2018.

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Thomas LingDigital editor, BBC Science Focus

Thomas is Digital editor at BBC Science Focus. Writing about everything from cosmology to anthropology, he specialises in the latest psychology, health and neuroscience discoveries. Thomas has a Masters degree (distinction) in Magazine Journalism from the University of Sheffield and has written for Men’s Health, Vice and Radio Times. He has been shortlisted as the New Digital Talent of the Year at the national magazine Professional Publishers Association (PPA) awards. Also working in academia, Thomas has lectured on the topic of journalism to undergraduate and postgraduate students at The University of Sheffield.

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