Shamed airs tonight at 9pm on Channel 4

C4 orders drama starring GoT actress as abuse survivor

Faye Marsay leads new drama Shamed.

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Channel 4 Factual has commissioned a new revenge drama starring Game of Thrones actress Faye Marsay.

Shamed will follow a young 27-year-old woman called Sarah Ivy, played by Marsay, who decides to take revenge for a horrific act that was committed against her while a teenager.

"Now with the help of James, her brother, she manages to kidnap two men," Channel 4's synopsis for the hour-long drama reads.

"The first is Nathan Bowyar, played by Nick Blood (Agents of SHIELD, Babylon) who is looking forward to his stag do and wedding day, but before he makes it to either of them he is seized and taken to an unknown location.

"The second is Mani Yalla, who joins Nathan in Sarah's man-made prison cell. Neither of them believes they know Sarah, or what she would want with them, but Sarah knows. What happened to her? What has led her to this? And how will Nathan and Mani escape?"

The connections between the characters are revealed as the plot progresses, as well as the role of the media in bringing shame upon them.

Shamed is written and directed by Anthony Philipson (My Mad Fat Diary), who said: "I'm thrilled to have been given the opportunity by the factual department to write and direct my first ever single drama.

"It's an important story that deals with a very modern phenomenon but with a surprising and dramatic interpretation."

Marsay has come to prominence playing The Waif in Game of Thrones, and has also appeared in Black Mirror and Doctor Who.

“John Tiffany (the director of Harry Potter And The Cursed Child), who has cast Liz White, Mark Hadfield, Michelle Fairley, Faye Marsay, Mike Noble, Dan Parr, Lemn Sissay and June Watson in a new production of Jim Cartwright’s debut play Road, which will run in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court from July 21 — 32 years after its first performance in the Court’s upstairs studio space.”

October 24, 2015 via Faye’s Twitter

The Weinstein Co. has acquired U.S., Canadian, Chinese and Hong Kong rights to “Love, Nina,” the upcoming British television miniseries that stars Helena Bonham Carter and is based on Nina Stibbe’s memoir of the same name.

The See-Saw Films produced project, which began shooting earlier this month in London, is directed by S.J. Clarkson (“Jessica Jones,” “Orange is the New Black”) and adapted by author and Oscar-nominated screenwriter Nick Hornby.

“This is an extraordinary acquisition for our television team and TWC as a whole. It’s hard to go wrong with a group that has the genius and original minds of Nick Hornby and S.J. Clarkson, not to mention with incredible talent like Helena and this incredible cast,” TWC co-chairman Harvey Weinstein said in a press releases. “My wife and older daughters adored Nina’s novel and it’s a huge coup for us at TWC to introduce it to TV audiences. We’re also thrilled to be reuniting with Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and the entire See-Saw team whom we’ve continued to grow a very special relationship with ever since ‘The King’s Speech.'”

“Love, Nina,” which also stars Faye Marsay (“Game of Thrones”), Jason Watkins (“Trollied”) and Joshua McGuire (“Mr. Turner”), is set in 1982 and follows a young, 20-something’s letters home about her work as a nanny.

“Nina Stibbe’s book ‘Love, Nina’ has already established itself as a much-loved piece of comic writing and I love it,” Hornby said. “Her observations and worldview were the inspiration for a show that we think captures the same spirit. It’s been a joy to write and we’re thrilled with the quality of our cast.”

The deal was negotiated by Robert Walak, Yazdi and Michal Podell Steinberg on behalf of TWC with Hakan Kousetta and Jamie Laurenson negotiating on behalf of See-Saw and represented by Charles Dawson of Lee & Thompson.

This is the third major acquisition for TWC’s TV department for September, as it recently nabbed teh Icelandic crime series “Trapped” from RVK Studios and Dynamic Television and the primetime miniseries “Dr. Thorne” from Hat Trick International.

“Love, Nina” will be broadcast on the BBC in the U.K. - VARIETY

Faye began the read-through for Love, Nina in England (September 8, 2015). Filming should begin shortly.  Bonus, encouragement from Maisie Williams and BBC Publicist SJ Peyton. (1, 2, 3, 4)