The Deep | |
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Genre | Drama |
Written by | Simon Donald |
Directed by | Jim O'Hanlon Colm McCarthy |
Starring | Minnie Driver James Nesbitt Goran Visnjic |
Composer | Samuel Sim |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 5 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Greg Brenman |
Producer | Will Gould |
Running time | 57 minutes |
Production company | Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC Wales |
Original release | |
Network | BBC One |
Release | 3 August 31 August 2010 | –
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The Deep is a British television drama serial produced by Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC Wales. Written by Simon Donald, The Deep stars Minnie Driver, James Nesbitt, and Goran Visnjic as members of the crew of a research submarine, who encounter disaster thousands of feet underwater in the Arctic Circle.
The drama was filmed over 12 weeks in and around coastal communities near Glasgow, Scotland, including Dumbarton, Ardrossan and Irvine. The five episode miniseries was broadcast in August 2010.