David Farnor | On 07, Mar 2020

Martin Compston and Sophie Rundle star in The Nest, a new drama for BBC One, and a trailer gives us our first look at the series.

A wealthy couple and a teenage girl make a pact that will change all of their lives forever in the five-part drama. An emotional thriller about love and money, and the price of being able to buy whatever you want, the show is written by from Bafta and RTS Award-winner Nicole Taylor.

It follows Dan (Compston) and Emily (Rundle) are crazy about each other. They live in a huge house in a beautiful location just outside Glasgow and want for nothing. All that’s missing is a baby – and they’ve been trying for years. Through a chance encounter they meet Kaya (Mack), an 18 year-old from the other side of the city, whose life is as precarious at theirs is comfortable.

When Kaya agrees to carry their baby, it feels like they were meant to meet – but was it really by chance? Who is Kaya and what has brought her to this couple? Can the dreams of Kaya, Emily and Dan be fulfilled, or have all three embarked on a relationship of mutually assured destruction?

The five-part drama premieres at 9pm on Sunday 22nd March, with episodes arriving weekly. Here’s the trailer:

 

Martin Compston and Sophie Rundle to star in BBC One’s The Nest

29th August 2019

Martin Compston and Sophie Rundle will star in BBC One’s new drama The Nest.

The five-part series follows a wealthy couple and a teenage girl who make a pact that will change all of their lives forever. Dan (Compston) and Emily (Rundle) are crazy about each other. They live in a huge house in a beautiful location just outside Glasgow and want for nothing. All that’s missing is a baby – and they’ve been trying for years.

Through a chance encounter they meet Kaya (Mack), an 18 year-old from the other side of the city, whose life is as precarious at theirs is comfortable.

When Kaya agrees to carry their baby, it feels like they were meant to meet – but was it really by chance? Who is Kaya and what has brought her to this couple? Can the dreams of Kaya, Emily and Dan be fulfilled, or have all three embarked on a relationship of mutually assured destruction?

Also starring is Shirley Henderson (Stan And Ollie, Happy Valley), Katie Leung (Strangers, Chimerica), David Hayman (Hatton Garden, Fisherman’s Friends), Fiona Bell (Shetland, Acceptable Risk), James Harkness (The Victim, Wild Rose), Bailey Patrick (London Kills, Good Omens), Kate Dickie (Game Of Thrones, The Witch), Paul Brannigan (The Angels’ Share, Under The Skin) and Samuel Small (So Awkward, Game Of Thrones).

The series is written by Bafta and RTS Award winner Nicole Taylor (Three Girls, The C Word, Wild Rose).

Compston says: “I’m absolutely delighted to join the cast of The Nest. Nicole Taylor is one of the most exciting and original voices in writing today, I’m chuffed we’re finally working together. Combined with filming in Glasgow and going back onto BBC One in my native west coast accent makes it a dream scenario.”

Taylor, writer and Executive Producer, says: “I am overjoyed to be filming in my hometown of Glasgow with a cast I have long dreamt of writing for. Martin, Sophie, Kate, Shirley, James, David… they’ve all been chatting away in my head for years as I’ve been writing (unbeknownst to them!) so I could not be more proud that they have agreed to join The Nest and make these characters real.”

Lucy Richer, Senior Drama Commissioner and Executive Producer, says: “Nicole Taylor’s extraordinarily brilliant and compelling scripts have drawn some of the UK’s finest talent and we are delighted to have Martin Compston and Sophie Rundle head up this wonderful ensemble cast.”

Filming starts next month in Glasgow.

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