Wrecked: First look at BBC Three comedy-horror series featuring gay lead character
Oscar Kennedy stars as a young gay man who infiltrates a luxury cruise ship in search of his missing sister in the upcoming six-part series.
By Will Stroude
Words: Will Stroude; Image: Jack Rowan as Danny (left) and Oscar Kennedy as Jamie in Wrecked (BBC Three)
BBC Three has released first-look images and announced the cast of its upcoming comedy-horror series Wrecked.
The six-part series, which is currently filming in Northern Ireland, stars Oscar Kennedy (Ladhood) as Jamie, a 20-year-old gay man who infiltrates a luxury cruise ship in search of his missing sister.
Thaddea Graham as Vivian and Oscar Kennedy as Jamie (Image: BBC Three)
First announced last year, Wrecked has been described by writer Ryan J. Brown as “a tense coming-of-age story about a lost, gay kid from Sheffield propelled into uncharted waters of escalating paranoia and self-discovery.”
The series, which draws inspiration from classics of the horror and teen slasher genres, also stars Thaddea Graham (The Irregulars) as Vivian, Jack Rowan (Noughts + Crosses) as Danny, Harriet Webb (I May Destroy You) as Karen and Jodie Tyack (The Window) as Pippa.
Oscar Kennedy as Jamie in Wrecked (Image: BBC Three)
Wrecked will also welcome TV newcomers Louis Boyer as Sam, Anthony Rickman as Olly, Amber Grappy as Lauren, Diego Andres as Jerome, Peter Claffey as Cormac, Miya Ocego as Rosie, Warren James Dunning as Beaker, Ramanique Ahluwalia as Lily and Alice Nokes as Sophia.
An official synopsis for the show reads: “[Wrecked] follows 20-year-old new recruit, Jamie, as he infiltrates the 3000 strong crew in a desperate race to find his missing sister. She was working aboard the same vessel on a previous tour and vanished mid charter. Jamie is initiated into cruise life and gets a crash course on the tribes within the staff: the theatre kids, the mafias and the low-paid workers.
Jodie Tyack as Pippa (Image: BBC Three)
“For this overworked and underpaid crew, life below deck can be an odyssey of partying and excess… and they remain oblivious to the bloodthirsty murders taking place on board. Jamie is forced to turn detective and uncover the sinister truth.”
Writer Ryan J. Brown has previously teased: “In Wrecked, the kills are brutal, the laughs are loud, and the heartfelt moments land with real candour.
Oscar Kennedy as Jamie in Wrecked (Image: BBC Three)
“I wanted to create a piece of genre entertainment that had the savvy teen sharpness of Scream, the unsettling atmosphere of The Shining and the strange upstairs, downstairs mythology of Cabin in the Woods.”
Wrecked expected to premiere on BBC Three in the UK later this year.