Filming has commenced in Malta on Secret Service, a five-part espionage series being produced by British outfit Potboiler Productions for ITV. Additional shooting is set to take place in London.

Based on the novel of the same name by ITV News anchor Tom Bradby, the project features a script penned by Bradby in collaboration with screenwriter Jemma Kennedy (Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris). Oscar-winning filmmaker James Marsh (The Theory of Everything [+lire aussi :
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The series stars Gemma Arterton (The King’s Man [+lire aussi :
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Secret Service is being executive-produced by Potboiler’s Gail Egan (Funny Woman, The Little Stranger [+lire aussi :
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