Reece Shearsmith in the series and have also directed two of the episodes. Also in 2014, he starred as Malcolm Webster in ITV drama series, based on a true story, "The Widower". He starred as Detective Sergeant Stone in "Chasing Shadows", an ITV drama series about missing persons. In 2015, he played Gagan Rassmussen in the Series 9 Doctor Who episode "Sleep No More", Steele in "High-Rise" directed by Ben Wheatley, Ray in "Peter Kay's Car Share" and Pastor John in the Christmas specials of Julia Davis's "Hunderby". In February 2015, Shearsmith was interviewed by Adam Buxton on BBC Radio 4's "Chain
ITV Studios May 2017, ITV plc acquired production company World Productions. As a result of the takeover, the company is now a part of ITV Studios, with ITV Studios Global Entertainment handling international distribution of future series. That same year, ITV Studios also acquired Swedish game show and entertainment programming producer Elk Production, a stake in Danish drama producer Apple Tree Productions, founded by former DR Drama Deputy Head Lars Hermann and Piv Bernth (producer of the hit series "The Killing") who had both left public broadcaster DR (which was the home for "The Killing"), and another stake in Italian film and