OHMYGOSSIP — Babou Ceesay is to lead the cast of Sky series ‘Wolfe’.
The 42-year-old actor will play the brilliant but flawed forensic pathologist Professor Wolfe Kinteh in the new crime drama series from ‘Shameless’ creator Paul Abbott.
Amanda Abbington, Natalia Tena, Naomi Yang, Adam Long and Shaniqua Okwok have also been cast in the series – which will be penned by a team led by Abbott.
The show follows Professor Wolfe Kinteh, who is recognised as the finest crime scene investigator in northern England. He is a genius when it comes to piecing together evidence but is prone to being a liability and has been kicked out of the family home by his wife Val (Tena).
Wolfe is joined by a team that includes child prodigy Maggy (Yang), middle-aged single mother Dot (Abbington), entomologist Steve (Long) and new recruit Dominique (Okwok) – who has a dark past and comes into conflict with Wolfe.
Adrian Shergold and Sean Spencer are directing the series with Emma Burge producing. Abbott, Martin Carr and Paul Coe are executive producers on the show, which is expected to air on Sky One in the Autumn.
Zai Bennett, Sky’s managing director of content in the UK and Ireland, explained how the network had been looking to a series akin to that of ITV’s detective series ‘Cracker’, which starred Robbie Coltrane.
He told Deadline: “It’s a heightened witty version (of ‘Cracker’) and that’s what really impressed us about it.”
Abbott added: “I’ve loved creating the character of Wolfe. I dredge a lot of my own flaws to get him onto the page. I can’t think of anyone better than Babou to breathe life into the guy.”
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