Eve Myles inspired by detective who solved 30-year cold case in new role

Welsh actress Eve Myles is set to star in a crime drama inspired by the true story of a detective who solved the cold case murder of a 17-year-old girl in the 1980s.

Gone, which also stars Sherwood's David Morrissey, is a six-part fictional series following Det Annie Cassidy, played by Myles, as she attempts to solve the mysterious case of a missing woman.

It was partly inspired by To Hunt a Killer, a book written by crime correspondent Robert Murphy about Det Supt Julie Mackay's 2009 cold case investigation, 32 years after the murder of Melanie Road as she walked home from a nightclub in Bath in 1984.

Mackay's investigation led to Christopher Hampton being jailed for life for the teenager's murder.

Both Mackay and Murphy, who has reported on some of the UK's most complex criminal cases, served as consultants on the TV series, which looks at a fictional case.

Myles is no stranger to appearing in suspenseful dramas, and is best known for her roles in Broadchurch and Keeping Faith.

But she revealed at the Wales Screen Summit in October that she had considered quitting acting because of a lack of quality roles for women.

She said: "When you play someone as strong as [Torchwood's] Gwen Cooper, someone so recognisable, it's quite difficult to come away from that or for other people to see you do anything differently.

"I think it's definitely getting better, female-led drama."