Channel 4 Unveils Crime Thriller ‘In Flight’ About Flight Attendant Blackmailed Into Drug Smuggling

Filming on Channel 4‘s new crime thriller In Flight, starring Katherine Kelly, is underway.

The new six-part series follows Kelly (Mr Bates vs the Post Office, The Long Shadow) as Jo, a flight attendant who finds her life turned upside down when she is blackmailed into drug smuggling when her son is arrested.

Co-created by Mike Walden (Marcella, Whitstable Pearl) and Adam Randall (Slow Horses, iBoy), and directed by Chris Baugh (Wreck, Tin Star), the show will also star Stuart Martin, Ashley Thomas, Bronagh Waugh, Harry Cadby, Corinna Brown and Ambreen Razia.

Set in Bangkok, Bulgaria, Istanbul and London, filming takes place in Belfast with funding support from Northern Ireland Screen.

“I am really excited to be taking on the role of Jo and I can’t wait to tell her compelling story,” Kelly said. “I am delighted to be working with Buccaneer Media again and it’s joy to be filming in Belfast.”

Mike Walden and Adam Randall added: “In Flight is our spin on the noir genre, a high stakes, stylish, romantic thriller with iconic characters and nerve-shredding action. Channel 4 is the perfect home for our story and we’re so excited to be collaborating with such a brilliant team. Jo is a character close to our hearts. She is an ordinary woman facing extraordinary odds. We can’t wait for audiences to meet her.”

In Flight is produced by Buccaneer Media and has been acquired for Channel 4 by Polly Scates, head of acquisitions. Executive producers are Anna Burns, Tony Wood and Richard Tulk-Hart for Buccaneer, Rebecca Dundon and Simon Judd for Fremantle, Mike Walden, Adam Randall and Chris Baugh. Brendan Mullin is a producer while Gary Davy is the casting director.

ProSieben has pre-bought the series for Germany along with SBS for Australia and TVNZ for New Zealand. Fremantle is handling global sales.