ABC and STAN secure Australian rights to new Hugh Laurie political thriller ROADKILL

The ABC and Stan have secured Australian rights to the upcoming political thriller Roadkill, starring Hugh Laurie and Helen McCrory

Four-part drama Roadkill stars Hugh Laurie (House) as Peter Laurence – a self-made, forceful and charismatic politician whose public and private life seems to be falling apart – alongside Helen McCrory (Peaky Blinders) as acerbic Prime Minister Dawn Ellison.  

Commissioned by BBC One with Masterpiece in the USA – Roadkill is set to premiere in the UK on Sunday 18th October. Locally the series will premiere Sunday 1st November at 8:40pm on ABC.

The ABC has picked up first window TV rights, while Stan has acquired second window SVOD rights for the four-part drama.

Roadkill centres on Peter Laurence, a political outsider with ambition. Fresh from a successful libel case against a newspaper alleging corruption, he’s a man on the up.

Ever-present in the public eye, his devil-may-care attitude and loose tongue have earned him a groundswell of popularity. He’s due a promotion to the top tier, so long as there are no more unpleasant surprises. Peter, however, has a closet brimming with skeletons and plenty of enemies…  

As personal revelations begin to spiral, Peter’s life seems to be falling apart – or is rather being picked apart by his enemies. Shamelessly untroubled by guilt or remorse, Peter expertly walks a high wire between glory and catastrophe, seeking to further his own agenda while others plot to bring him down.

However, events soon prove how hard it is, for both an individual and a country, to leave the past behind. With enemies so close to home, can Peter ever out-run his own secrets to win the ultimate prize?  

Produced by George Faber’s UK-based independent The Forge (National Treasure, Ackley Bridge, Collateral), Roadkill is written by David Hare (Collateral) and directed by Michael Keillor (Chimerica). The cast also features Pippa Bennett-Warner (Gangs of London), Saskia Reeves (Collateral), Sarah Greene (Normal People), Olivia Vinall (The Woman in White), Shalom Brune-Franklin (The State), Iain De Caestecker (Overlord), Sylvestra Le Touzel (Intelligence) and Sidse Babett Knudsen (The Accident). 

Roadkill – Sunday 1st November at 8:40pm on ABC.