Spoof spy role for Line Of Duty star

Vicky McClure has joined the cast of ITV2’s spoof action comedy series Action Team. 

Known for her serious roles in  This Is England  Line Of Duty and Broadchurch, McClure will play Ruth Brooks, the head of a top-secret team of special agents working for the British government.

The show comes from the team behind Murder In Successville. 

Tom Davis will again star, and is writing the show with Successville director James De Frond, who will direct this, too.

Jim Howick, who recently appeared in Channel 4’s Loaded, will also star alongside Kayode Ewumi and Laura Checkley as the elusive Action Team who are tasked with saving the world.

Six half-hour episodes were commissioned by ITV’s  Paul Mortimer and Saskia Schuster, who described the show as ‘The Naked Gun meets The Bourne Identity’.

When the show was originally announced in May, Davis said: ‘Every year I sit there as the bookies predict who they think will play the next James Bond and I’m always left off the list, so I’ve decided to do something about it.’

Action Team will air on ITV2 in the spring 2018

Published: 6 Sep 2017