Thirteen
BBC Three introduces its first online drama, Thirteen, written by rising star Marnie Dickens and directed by Vanessa Caswill and China Moo-Young.
Published: 19 February 2016
After 13 years held captive by her kidnapper, today is the day Ivy Moxam escapes.
Her family have stopped waiting by the phone, stopped flyering, one of them has even given up hope altogether. Suddenly here’s Ivy, flesh and blood, returned to them. But piecing back together the version of family life that existed before is no easy task…
Ivy is the only one who knows her kidnapper, who understands him, who can help DI Carne and DS Merchant snare him. Leads run cold and the kidnapper evades capture, the police begin to suspect Ivy is not telling them the whole truth. As she fights to retain her sanity, she begins to hear the whispers that surround her. The doubts beginning to form. The anomalies of her statement. The errors. The outright lies. What happened in that cellar? Where is her kidnapper? Can Ivy really be trusted?
Written by young rising star Marnie Dickens, Thirteen explores how to pick up the threads of a life half-lived and how to survive as a family under the greatest pressure. How to feel again, chance love again. A psychological drama about who to trust when you can't even trust yourself. Ivy Moxam is a young girl. Ivy Moxam is a woman. Ivy Moxam is whoever you want her to be.
Thirteen was commissioned by Ben Stephenson, former Controller of BBC Drama Commissioning, and Damian Kavanagh, Controller of BBC Three. The 5x60 original drama series was produced by BBC In-House Drama Production, executive produced by Elizabeth Kilgarriff and produced by Hugh Warren for BBC Three.
Cast
Ivy Moxam – Jodie Comer
Tim Hobson – Aneurin Barnard
DI Elliott Carne – Richard Rankin
DS Lisa Merchant – Valene Kane
Christina Moxam – Natasha Little
Angus Moxam – Stuart Graham
Emma Moxam – Katherine Rose Morley
Craig Watts– Joe Layton
Eloise Wye – Eleanor Wyld
Flo Alia Symes – Chipo Chung
Henry Stone – Nicholas Farrell
Yazz Hobson – Kemi-Bo Jacobs
Chief Supt Burridge- Ariyon Bakare
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