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Nightsleeper

2024 · 1 season

A taut, real-time thriller that keeps you on edge as a train hurtles toward danger, blending suspense with melodrama.

Created by
Nick Leather
Genres
Drama, Crime
Starring
Alexandra Roach, Joe Cole, Alex Ferns
Overview
Set on a sleeper train traveling from Glasgow to London, a government agency desperately tries to intervene in the rapidly-escalating events onboard. Can two people who've never met, one on the train and one not, work together to save the lives of its disparate group of passengers as the Heart of Britain service hurtles towards what might quite literally be its final destination?

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Stream in the UK
  • Disney Plus
  • Sky Go
More options Data from JustWatch
Created by
Nick Leather
Genres
Drama, Crime
Starring
Alexandra Roach, Joe Cole, Alex Ferns
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • conspiracy
  • deception
  • loyalty
  • fate
Places
  • road trip
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror2
Humour2
Realism6
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, crime
Created by
Nick Leather
Written by
Nick Leather, Laura Grace
Starring
Alexandra Roach, Joe Cole, Alex Ferns, Sharon Small, James Cosmo, David Threlfall, Daniel Cahill, Lois Chimimba
Cinematography
Arthur Mulhern
Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes, 58 min each
Network
BBC One
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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