Patrick Harkins is directing episodes 3-6 of original sci-fi thriller Sutherland, produced by World Productions for BBC One and BBC Scotland.
The six-part drama takes place in the near future in Sutherland, the far north of Scotland, and will star Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Stuart Martin and Iain De Caestecker.
Mirren (Mbatha-Raw) works at Paravel Space Hub as flight director for the UK’s first crewed mission to the stars. Everything is going to plan when, just hours after launch, a series of unexplained events engulf Sutherland in mystery. As a decades-old conspiracy begins to resurface, Mirren joins forces with local detective Logan (Martin) to make an extraordinary discovery that will change their lives forever.
The series will begin filming in Scotland later this year and will air on BBC iPlayer, BBC One and BBC Scotland.
Patrick’s previous directing credits include The Gold S2 (Tannadice Pictures/BBC One), the award-winning Guilt 2 & Guilt 3 (Happy Tramp North/Expectation/BBC Scotland), Happy Valley S3 (Lookout Point Ltd/BBC), Tin Star: Liverpool (Gaumont UK/Kudos/Sky) and the opening episodes of The A List (Kindle/BBC).
