Mayday (UK TV series)
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| Genre | Drama thriller |
| Created by | Ben Court Caroline Ip |
| Written by | Ben Court Caroline Ip |
| Directed by | Brian Welsh |
| Starring |
Peter Firth Peter McDonald Leila Mimmack Aidan Gillen Sophie Okenedo Lesley Manville Max Fowler Tom Fisher Sam Spruell |
| Composer(s) | Stuart Earl |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 5 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Jane Featherstone Polly Hill |
| Producer(s) | Chris Fry |
| Location(s) | Dorking, Surrey, England |
| Cinematography | Dirk Nel Zac Nicholson |
| Running time | 57-59 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Kudos Film and Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Original release | 3 March – 7 March 2013 |
Mayday is a British drama thriller, shown on BBC One, starring Sophie Okonedo, Aidan Gillen, Peter Firth, and Lesley Manville.
The series' commission was announced on 27 April 2012 by the BBC Media Centre. The series was filmed in Dorking, Surrey, making use of street settings including the high street area and a kebab shop on the corner of Dene Street and Leigh Hill.
It's May Day and a small community waits excitedly for this year's pagan parade to begin. Local teenager and dark horse, Linus Newcombe (Max Fowler), watches woefully as the love of his life, Caitlin Sutton (Leila Mimmack), kisses a rival. Meanwhile, on the other side of town, Caitlin's twin and the beautiful young May Queen, Hattie Sutton (Leila Mimmack), travels on her journey to appear as the town's symbol of new life.
The complete series of Mayday was released by Acorn Media UK on 8 April 2013.
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