BBC's New Sci-Fi Series Based On Bestselling Novel Casts First 2 Leads
BBC's New Sci-Fi Series The Ministry Of Time Casts First 2 Leads
The BBC is adapting Kaliane Bradley's sci-fi novel The Ministry of Time as a TV series, and the two lead actors have just been announced.
Bradley published The Ministry of Time in 2024, with the BBC and A24 signing on to the six-episode TV adaptation that same year. While she's written multiple short stories over the years, The Ministry of Time is Bradley's very first (and, so far, only) full-length novel.
With production now underway in the London area, Aoife Hinds and Billy Howle have officially been cast as Sophy and Commander Graham Gore, respectively, in BBC's adaptation of The Ministry of Time, according to THR.
Hinds is one of the stars of HBO's Dune: Prophecy and has also appeared in Anne Boleyn and Normal People. Filming for Dune: Prophecy season 2 ended earlier this year, and Hinds is expected to return as Sister Emeline. Meanwhile, Howle's recent credits include the miniseries The Perfect Couple and Under the Banner of Heaven. He also played a petty officer in Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk and Prince Edward in Outlaw King.
Alongside this announcement, Bradley said in a statement that she's "looking forward" to seeing how the TV show turns out. She admitted that she would have "done some very Victorian swooning" if she could go back six years and tell her past self "what was going to happen with that polar explorer she'd just started writing about."
BBC Drama director Lindsay Salt described this adaptation as being a "distinctive, genre-defying series with a beautiful central relationship." She added that everyone at the BBC is "thrilled" to see Hinds and Howle join the cast as "two complex, compelling characters."
More to come...