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Abbie Meehan

Glasgow-based ITV crime thriller to feature Scottish Trainspotting star Kevin McKidd

A brand new drama for ITV is currently being filmed in Glasgow, and a familiar Trainspotting face will be at the centre of all the action.

Kevin McKidd, who played Tommy Mackenzie in Trainspotting, will star in brand new ITV drama Six Four, produced by House Productions.

The drama will premiere on ITV’s brand new, free streaming service ITVX in 2023, before transferring to linear transmission months later.

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Inspired by the best-selling novel Six Four by Hideo Yokoyama, the drama is set primarily in Glasgow, and is a dark and compelling story of kidnap, corruption, betrayal and an uncompromising search for the truth, when Chris and Michelle O’Neill’s teenage daughter goes missing.

Serving police detective, Chris, played by Kevin McKidd, is provided with a startling revelation about an infamous, unsolved case that once divided the police when a local girl called Julie Mackie disappeared.

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Now, reeling from the news that his own daughter has gone missing, Chris is approached by a journalist who tells him that fatal mistakes were covered-up in Julie’s disappearance.

Kevin as Tommy in Trainspotting. (Daily Record)

Revisiting the case, Chris uncovers a series of undeniable errors, corruption and unbridled ambition.

As Chris fights to make sense of what he’s discovered, his wife Michelle, played by Vinette Robinson, takes matters into her own hands in search of their daughter.

Using skills she learned as a former undercover officer, Michelle takes ever-increasing risks as she follows a trail of clues into the criminal underworld she previously escaped from, where vice and extortion had the power to reach to the top of the political establishment.

Speaking on the new drama, Kevin said: "I never take for granted the privilege of being an actor and the chance to become characters like Chris O'Neill, a hard-working serving police officer, whose teenage daughter has gone missing in Six Four.

"Greg Burke's scripts are real page-turners, as he keeps you guessing with every plot twist and turn.

"I'm delighted to be returning to my native Scotland and to be partnering Vinette Robinson as my on-screen wife, Michelle, and to be working with House Productions and ITV on what promises to be a compelling thriller.”

Filming has commenced in Glasgow, and the show will premiere in 2023.

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