Passenger (TV series)
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Created byAndrew Buchan
Written byAndrew Buchan
Directed by
- Lee Haven-Jones
- Nicole Charles
Country of originUnited Kingdom
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| Created by | Andrew Buchan |
| Written by | Andrew Buchan |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
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| Producer | Sumrah Mohammed |
| Running time | 48 minutes |
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| Network | ITV |
| Release | 24 March 2024 |
Passenger is a British dark comedy-thriller television series created by Andrew Buchan in his screenwriting debut. It premiered on ITV1 and ITVX in the United Kingdom before airing on ITV on 24 March 2024.
- Wunmi Mosaku as Riya Ajunwa, a former Met officer who moved from Manchester to Chadder Vale to look after her mother-in-law
- David Threlfall as Jim Bracknell, a traumatised fracking site manager
- Daniel Ryan as Derek Jackson, local bread factory owner and divorcee
- Jo Hartley as CC Linda Markel, head of the local police station
- Rowan Robinson as Katie Wells, an accountant at the bread factory
- Barry Sloane as Eddie Wells, Katie's father who a recently released early from a five year prison sentence for attacking Jim
- Natalie Gavin as Joanne Wells, Katie's mother and Eddie's wife who works multiple jobs to make ends meet
- Hubert Hanowicz as Jakub Makowski, local garage mechanic from Gdańsk, Poland who bonds with Riya
- Arian Nik as Nish Chowdry, an unambitious trainee officer
- Nico Mirallegro as Kane Jackson, Derek's half-brother who helps out at the factory despite their uneasy relationship
- Ella Bruccoleri as Alison Day, a trainee officer and vegan environmentalist
- Jack James Ryan as John Trowbridge, a factory worker and Katie's boyfriend with a drinking problem
- Matilda Freeman as Lilly Wells, Katie's younger sister
- Shervin Alenabi as Mehmet Shah, Katie's friend who works at his mother's fish and chip shop and makes John jealous
- Lisa Allen as Jill, the local pharmacist
- Ray Castleton as Cabbie Geoff