Jenna Coleman nails practical chic as she transforms into plucky detective Ember while filming new BBC thriller The Jetty in Manchester
Jenna Coleman looked practical yet chic as she transformed into plucky detective Ember for new BBC thriller The Jetty.
The Victoria star, 37, donned edgy combat boots and a raincoat while filming by Hollingworth Lake in Manchester as she got stuck in to her investigative role.
Jenna is playing rookie detective Ember Manning in the new thriller from writer Cat Jones and producers Firebird Pictures, which was announced by Lindsay Salt, Director of BBC Drama in August.
She was as stylish as ever as she tucked her chunky grey knit sweater into her cargo trousers and her chestnut locks were arranged into her classic waves.
The gritty scenes being filmed involved a huge police presence and saw a body being pulled from the water.
On set: Jenna Coleman looked practical yet chic as she transformed into plucky detective Ember for new BBC thriller The Jetty
Deep in thought: The Victoria star, 37, donned edgy combat boots and a raincoat while filming by Hollingworth Lake in Manchester
The series synopsis teases: 'As Ember gets close to the truth, it threatens to destroy her life – forcing her to re-evaluate everything she thought she knew about her past, present and the town she’s always called home'.
In the four-part series, a fire wrecks a holiday home in a Lancashire lake town and Jenna's character Detective Ember is tasked with seeing how the blaze connects to a podcast journalist, who is investigating a crime.
The journalist is looking into a missing persons cold case and an illicit 'love' triangle between a man in his twenties and two underage girls.
While she starts to close in on answers, Ember's life begins to fall apart, as she is driven to face up to her past, present and the town she's always called home.
The Jetty is designed to delve into the moral legacy of the Me Too movement and ask questions about sexual morality, identity and memory.
Of the show, Jenna said: 'I'm delighted to be returning to the BBC to be a part of The Jetty, with Firebird Pictures at the helm, bringing the story of Ember Manning to life...
'I look forward to exploring Cat Jones' darkly probing scripts, alongside Marialy Rivas' eloquent vision.'
Writer and creator Cat Jones, of Harlots, EastEnders, Waterloo Road fame, said of the show: 'I'm thrilled to be making The Jetty for BBC One...
Drama: The gritty scenes being filmed involved a huge police presence and saw a body being pulled from the water
Filming: Jenna is playing rookie detective Ember Manning in the new thriller from writer Cat Jones and producers Firebird Pictures
Stylish: She was as stylish as ever as she tucked her chunky grey knit sweater into her cargo trousers and her chestnut locks were arranged into her classic waves
'Like millions of people all over the world, I've grown up loving and admiring BBC dramas, so getting to create one really is a dream come true...
'The Jetty is a story I've wanted to tell for a long time but it wasn't until it found its champions at the fantastically writer friendly Firebird, that it really came to life...
'What feels like a total dream team continues to grow with the addition of Marialy Rivas to direct and the brilliant Jenna Coleman. I've no doubt audiences are going to be completely transfixed by her as Ember.'
Executive producer Elizabeth Kilgarriff, of Bodyguard and Luther, said: 'Provocative, thrilling and deliciously surprising at every turn, Cat's beautiful scripts promise to take the audience on a rollercoaster ride where nothing is quite as it seems...
'To have the opportunity to work with Jenna again – and see her bring our complex, funny and utterly human heroine Ember to life on BBC One, couldn't be more exciting – and I can't wait to see the visual magic that the brilliant Marialy Rivas weaves as this powerful and gripping story unfolds.'
New release: The Jetty is designed to delve into the moral legacy of the Me Too movement and ask questions about sexual morality, identity and memory
Deep chats: Jenna continued to film the Jetty, which is highly anticipated on the BBC
