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Mark Strong to star in Sky comedy thriller Temple

Wednesday 22nd August 2018, 11:45am

Temple. Mark Strong

Mark Strong will play a surgeon running an illegal underground clinic in Sky One's new darkly comic thriller.

Temple is set deep below the streets of London. Sky explains "Descending past Temple tube in the beating heart of the city, lies a dark secret. An illegal clinic has been set up in an abandoned subterranean network of tunnels.

"Daniel played by Mark Strong, is a surgeon driven by personal tragedy to treat anyone who is willing to pay for medical help outside the system. Aided by Lee a disgruntled transport employee, played by Daniel Mays, and Anna a guilt-ridden medical researcher played by Carice van Houten, they treat a variety of increasingly desperate and highly dangerous patients, as Daniel's morality is tested to the limit.

"Temple is a story of fate, chaos and consequence and asks how far you would go to save the person you love."

The eight part series, which begins filming this September, is adapted by writer Mark O'Rowe from the critically acclaimed Norwegian drama series Valkyrien.

Mark Strong says: "Mark O'Rowe has created a complex and multi-faceted character in Daniel - a man pushed to the extreme as his world is radically destabilised. Temple is a gripping and humane morality tale for our time."

Liza Marshall, head of production company Hera Pictures, comments: "I think the audience will love the world of Temple and it's darkly funny take on life."

Gabriel Silver, Executive Producer for Sky, adds: "When Hera Pictures delivered the scripts for Temple, we at Sky fell in love with its blackly comic streak and the morally compromised characters working in their own secret realm beneath London. I've been an ardent fan of Mark O'Rowe's work from his adaptation of Boy A to Intermission, and having Mark, Carice and Daniel cast, I know that the audience will be treated to an unflinching, hilarious and very human story."

Temple will be shown on Sky One and streaming service NOW TV in 2019.

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