09-04-2025
Endeavour star Shaun Evans' new ITV drama is 'like Slow Horses'
A new ITV crime drama starring Endeavour's Shaun Evans has been likened to the popular Slow Horses series.
The actor played the titular character for 11 years of the Oxford-filmed Endeavour before the much-loved series came to an end with its final episode on March 12, 2023.
Fans of Mr Evans were delighted to hear he would be returning to screens again in partnership with ITV once again.
The new spy thriller Betrayal is set in the clandestine world of MI5, and the actor will appear as a spy trying to avert a serious threat to national security while making sense of his own place in the world.
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Shaun Evans in Endeavour. (Image: ITV/Mammoth Screen)
Filming started early this year in Manchester and London, with some scenes expected to be filmed in Manchester in June.
Mr Evans already starred in ITV's true-life crime drama, Until I Kill You, alongside Anna Maxwell Martin last year.
Written by award-winning playwright and screenwriter David Eldridge, Betrayal is "a thrilling and darkly funny thriller", according to ITV.
The show has now been likened to Apple TV's Slow Horses starring Gary Oldman by Good Housekeeping.
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Mr Evans previously said: "I'm delighted to be returning to ITV with this exceptionally well-written and timely project.
"It's a great privilege to reunite with David Eldridge and bring to life his insightful take on the world of espionage.
"And it is, of course, a joy to be collaborating once again with the first-rate team at Mammoth Screen. I look forward to sharing it with ITV audiences soon.'
