The Party

Yes, we will be.

And we'll also be checking out ITVX Thriller The Party starring Luke Evans and classic swashbuckling yarn Treasure Island with Hayley Atwell and David Oyelowo.

But first, Ian, what is in the news?

Sarah Lancashire will star in Netflix drama Witch Hunt.

Well, we're going to finish on ITVX with a new drama series.

You may have seen episode one on Sunday, but the whole series is available as a box set.

It's called The Party.

And here's a clip.

[upbeat music] On Pilot TV this week, we're going to a little soiree with Luke Evans in The Party on ITV, stepping behind bars with David Tennant and Siobhan Finneran in the new series of Time on BBC One, and heading off to Treasure Island with Hayley Atwell and David Oyelowo on Sky Dance Plus.

[upbeat music] I'm James Dyer, and welcome to Pilot TV, your essential guide to every show that matters.

And I am joined by a very hale and hearty Boyd Hilton.

Yes.

Luke Evans I costed last night.

I hosted a thing for the party, and he was very sweet and very funny.

And I just thought, "I've, like, done this book, R-Russell, with Russell T. Davies." He said, "Oh, brilliant." I shoved it under his face and he let me take a photo.

I keep giving these photos of Boyd.

Okay, and Scott?

Uh, we're looking at The Party.

It's a new ITV thriller based on the very successful book by Elizabeth Day.

And, uh, we're also looking at the iconic horror film Carrie, but this is a, now as a TV show, um, made by Mike Flanagan, which is on Amazon Prime Video.

Um, right, we gotta better get to our final review of the day then.

So what do we have, Hayley?

So this one is The Party on ITV, which is a five-part drama based on the novel by Elizabeth Day.

It stars Luke Evans as a journalist shaped by his lifelong friendship with a wealthy and charismatic politician, played by Tom Cullen.

Did you almost say the real Goofy in that sentence? [laughs]

The Party.

Yes.

You created it.

And it's, uh, yeah, it's, it's a really...

I'm really proud of it.

I haven't, I haven't read the book, but obviously in the TV show, 'cause I've seen, seen an episode of it, it goes backwards and forwards from the party-

Mm-hmm

He plays a forensic pathologist who deals with numerous victims of very horrendous crimes and has a gift of reading bodies like a book.

So he'll be there alongside Luke Evans, who is fronting a new ITV drama called The Party that's based on Elizabeth Day's book about two friends and a secret that threatens to blow up their present day when one of them is vying to become leader of the Conservative Party.

So he sort of championed that book from a very early stage, took it to World Productions, which are known for Line of Duty, Vigil, and then has sort of developed it with them to bring it to the screen.

So that's a five-parter that's launching here soon, and he'll be on the Quazette as well, alongside Stephen Moffat and Sue Virtue, writer and producer, husband and wife team from Hartswood Films, who have got their new political drama, Number 10. coming up soon so itv house their stand will be busy with celebrities next week and then just the only thing left to add is uh the drama quarterly magazine will be in can in it we've got a great feature if i do say so myself because i wrote it about time season three this is the third installment of jimmy mcgovern's award-winning powerful visceral quite shocking series set within prisons.