Inbetweeners' Blake cast in ITV comedy drama

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Blake Harrison is to star in new comedy drama Edge Of Heaven on ITV.

The 27-year-old Inbetweeners star, famed for his role as daft teenager Neil Sutherland, takes the lead part of Alfie in the new series, according to the broadcaster.

Edge Of Heaven is set in Margate's finest 1980s inspired B&B, run by Alfie, his sister and their parents.

Playing Alfie's sister is Louisa Lytton, best known as Ruby Allen in EastEnders. Their parents are played by Him And Her's Camille Coduri and Nitin Kundra (Steel River Blues). The cast also includes Gavin And Stacey's Adrian Scarborough and Some Girls' Justine Michelle Cain.

Myfanwy Moore, commissioning editor of comedy at ITV, said: "We're delighted to be able to book into the Edge Of Heaven B&B alongside such a great ensemble cast of larger than life characters. We hope their lives and loves will win them a place in our viewers' hearts."

ITV have commissioned six hour-long episodes which are due to begin filming in August.

 

Patrick McLennan
Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.