The Dispatcher on Apple TV+ announces casting – Today, Apple TV+ revealed BAFTA Award nominee Maxine Peake (“Words of War,” “Say Nothing,” “Black Mirror”), Brendan Cowell (“Dune: Prophecy,” “Plum”), Daniel Henshall (“Mickey 17,” “How to Make Gravy”), Jessica Wren (“Mr. Inbetween,” “Return to Devil’s Playground”), Zahra Newman (“Thirteen Lives,” “Addition”) and newcomer Chloe Geisker cast in new six-episode thriller “The Dispatcher,” directed and executive produced by Emmy Award-nominated filmmaker Christian Schwochow (“The Crown,” “Bad Banks,” “Munich – The Edge of War”).
Newly revealed cast join previously announced Gotham Award winner Patrick Brammall (“Colin from Accounts,” “Evil”) in the lead role.
“The Dispatcher,” set in Australia, is adapted by acclaimed writer and executive producer Kris Mrksa (“Requiem,” “No Escape,” “White House Farm”) from CWA John Creasey Dagger-winning author Ryan David Jahn’s book of the same name.
Police detective Ian Hunt’s life fell apart ten years ago when his young daughter Maggie disappeared without a trace. Now working as a police dispatcher, the only thing that has kept him going is his implacable refusal to accept that she might be gone forever. When he receives a distress call from a young girl he is certain is Maggie, he will stop at nothing to find her and reunite his broken family, whatever the cost.
The series is executive produced by Jamie Laurenson and Hakan Kousetta at 60Forty Films, with executive producers Schwochow, Mrksa, and Joanna Werner at Werner Film Productions.
“The Dispatcher” joins a slate of acclaimed, thrilling dramas on Apple TV+, including the high-octane hit “Hijack,” starring and executive produced by SAG and Golden Globe Award winner Idris Elba; beloved, BAFTA and Emmy Award-winning “Slow Horses,” led by Academy Award winner Gary Oldman; and the upcoming “Down Cemetery Road,” starring Academy Award winner Emma Thompson and Golden Globe Award winner Ruth Wilson, among many others.
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