“There are thousands of worlds out there. All with a
version of you and a version of me. And someone is trying to kill us.
All of us…”
Imagine: that mate you dumped
months ago because he's a tool, rings you out of the blue and asks for
help. You go round and he's tripping. Banging on about parallel worlds
and killers with swords and you're not really listening to be honest.
And the next thing you know the world's changed. Literally changed. Your
girlfriend, who was kind of the love of your life, no longer even
recognises you. Dead relatives are suddenly alive again. And someone who
looks just like you is living your life. Badly.
E4 has commissioned a brand new
drama pilot ALT, (1X60’), written by Jamie Mathieson (Being Human, FAQ
About Time Travel) and directed by Ben Caron (Derren Brown, My Mad Fat
Diary, Tommy Cooper), which will TX on E4 in Spring 2014.
ALT stars Gethin Anthony (Game of
Thrones) as 24-year-old pragmatic everyman Danny who’s about to move in
with his girlfriend Suzy, played by Roxanne McKee (Game of Thrones,
Hollyoaks). Craig Roberts (Submarine) also stars as Danny’s stoner and
waster ex-best friend Milo. Suddenly finding themselves transported to a
parallel universe where they encounter different versions of
themselves, the pair soon realise dangerous assassins played by Jason
Flemyng (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, X Men: First Class) and
Arsher Ali (Four Lions) seem intent on hunting them down and killing
them. With Danny desperate to get back to his own Suzy before it’s too
late and he loses her forever, they embark on a series of darkly comic
and dangerous adventures in an effort to get back home.
Warning: ALT may contain; swords,
guns, doubles, corpses, bickering, bitterness, broken friendship, love,
drugs, sex and quantum physics.
Commissioner Beth Willis says “ALT
is a mind-bendingly funny pilot for E4 from the pen of Jamie Mathieson
and directed by the brilliant Ben Caron. Milo and Danny are wonderful
and useless and loveable. Expect the unexpected – and lots of laughs.”
“We’re so pleased to bring Jamie’s
hugely inventive and hilarious world to life, and are lucky to have such
an incredibly talented creative team and cast – all of whom have given
us a bold new show full of fun, wit and adventure” says Damien Timmer
from Mammoth Screen.
Commissioned by Beth Willis, and
made by Mammoth Screen for E4, ALT goes into production in January 2014
and will TX on E4 later in the Spring. Toby Welch (Skins) is Producer
and Executive Producers are Rebecca Keane, Preethi Mavahalli and Damien
Timmer.
