''The Deep'' is a British television drama serial produced by

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for BBC Wales. Written by Simon Donald, ''The Deep'' stars

Minnie Driver Amelia Fiona Jessica "Minnie" Driver (born 31 January 1970) is an English actress. She rose to prominence with her break-out role in 1995's '' Circle of Friends''. She went on to star in a wide range of films including the cult classic '' Grosse ...

James Nesbitt William James Nesbitt (born 15 January 1965) is an actor from Northern Ireland. From 1987, Nesbitt spent seven years performing in plays that varied from the musical '' Up on the Roof'' (1987, 1989) to the political drama ''Paddywack'' (1994) ...

, and

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as members of the crew of a research submarine, who encounter disaster thousands of feet underwater in the Arctic Circle. The drama was filmed over 12 weeks in and around coastal communities near

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, including

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and Irvine. The five episode miniseries was broadcast in August 2010.

Synopsis

A group of oceanographers seek a new source of bio-fuel in the deepest canyons of the

Lomonosov Ridge The Lomonosov Ridge (russian: Хребет Ломоносова, da, Lomonosovryggen) is an unusual underwater ridge of continental crust in the Arctic Ocean. It spans between the New Siberian Islands over the central part of the ocean to Elle ...

. A disaster strikes their submarine, stranding them thousands of feet underwater. The group must now deal with clashing personalities and finding a way to the surface.

Cast

Episodes

Production

Commissioning of ''The Deep'' was announced by the BBC in July 2009. The BBC announced the involvement of stars

and

, and the start of production at the BBC's

studios, in December 2009.BBC Press Office (17 December 2009).
James Nesbitt, Minnie Driver and Goran Visnjic star in new BBC One drama serial, The Deep
. Press release. Retrieved 22 May 2010. The shoot ran for 12 weeks, concluding in March 2010. Submarine sets both physical and computer generated were designed by Production Designer Simon Bowles. Location filming also occurred in

and the harbour at Irvine. Prosthetic make-up artist Linda A. Morton researched the sorts of injuries sustained by the characters by visiting a hospital burns unit, and referring to photographs of radiation burns.

Broadcast

''The Deep'' was broadcast weekly on

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and simulcast on

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from 3BBC Press Office (22 July 2010).
Network TV BBC Week 31: Tuesday 3 August 2010
. Press release. Retrieved 22 July 2010. to 31 August 2010. The

British Academy of Film and Television Arts British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...

held a public screening of the first episode on 19 July 2010. It was followed by a question-and-answer session with Nesbitt and some of the production staff.18:30 TV Preview: The Deep plus Q+A
. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 12 July 2010

on 12 July 2010. In

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, the series premiered on the channel +Globosat on Thursday, 16 August 2012, at 21 hours.

References

External links

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