BBC recommissions hit drama Trust Me

Trust Me, created and written by Dan Sefton, has been commissioned for a second series by BBC One with a new cast and storyline from the first run.

The four-part thriller, set on the neurological unit of South Lothian Hospital, follows Captain James (Jamie) McKay, the sole survivor of a shock enemy attack on tour in Syria. Recovering from a spinal injury which has left him barely able to move and battling the psychological scars from losing his friends, he faces a new enemy as people on the ward die unexpectedly around him. But is the threat real, or imagined?

Trust Me will once again be set and filmed in Scotland with the drama revolving around a hospital department in Edinburgh. Nicola Shindler will executive produce for Red Production Company and Gaynor Holmes for BBC Scotland, while Suzanne Reid will series produce.

Screenwriter and NHS doctor Dan Sefton (Delicious, Porters and The Good Karma Hospital) who draws on his experiences to create the contemporary drama said, ‘I’m absolutely thrilled to be working on a new series of Trust Me for the BBC. The support the project received from both BBC Drama and BBC Scotland made it a hugely enjoyable process. It’s also fantastic to be working with Red Production Company and Nicola Shindler again – a company that makes some of the best drama this country produces. This follow up series will bring the same tension and twists of the original show to a brand new medical arena.’

Nicola Shindler, founder and executive producer of Red Production Company, commented, ‘Dan’s personal experience working in the medical profession combined with his exceptional writing, make the second series of Trust Me every bit as compelling as the first. The complexity of his characters, on the surface every day medics and patients, combined with the darkly twisting storyline will keep viewers hooked.’

‘The first series of Trust Me broke new ground for medical drama and I’m delighted to be welcoming it back for a second run with a completely fresh cast and a shocking new story, which is set to become as big a talking point as the first,’ added Piers Wenger, Controller of BBC Drama.