This morning, the BBC has announced the acquisition of award-winning, four-part French drama The Intruder, for BBC iPlayer and BBC Four from ITV Studios. Starring Mélanie Doutey (Post Partum, Le Bal des actrices), Lucie Fagedet (Mr & Mme Adelman, The Sense of Wonder) and Éric Caravaca (Plot 35, C’est quoi la vie?), The Intruder sees a mother let a stranger into her home, with unforeseen consequences.
In this suspenseful psychological thriller full of twists, Doutey stars as Paula, a mother-of-three reaching the end of her maternity leave. Paula is supposed to return to work but is not ready. To help, she hires Tess (Fagedet) as an au pair. Tess seems perfect. Everyone adores her. But Paula quickly feels uneasy with the young girl, as a series of domestic accidents make her appear to be a bad mother. No one believes her when she claims that Tess intends to harm them. Maybe postpartum blues have made her paranoid? Or does Paula herself have something to hide? As for Tess, she didn’t enter their home by chance…
The broadcast has also debuted new key art for the series:
Sue Deeks, Head of BBC Programme Acquisition says: “The Intruder is a stylish psychological thriller which gradually builds to a nail-biting race against time, ensuring that viewers will be addicted to the very end…”
Created by Nathalie Abdelnour, written by Abdelnour and Nathalie Saugeon, The Intruder is directed by Shirley Monsarrat. It was produced by Lèa Gabrié for Tetra Media Fiction (TM Studios), part of ITV Studios which also distributes the series internationally and in co-production with France Televisions. The original broadcaster was France 2, part of France Televisions. The Executive Producer is Marie Madec (Speakerine, Sur le fil).
