Ann Skelly (
"House of Guinness",
"The Nevers") is set to lead the BBC's upcoming
"Killing Eve" prequel
"Honey" created by
Sid Gentle (
"Killing Eve") and written by
Emma Moran.
Emme Hoy is also a writer on the series. Moran is the lead writer and executive producer.
Toby MacDonald directs the first three episodeds, while
Michelle Savill directs episodes 4–6.
The cast also includes
Nate Mann (
"Masters of the Air") as Kurt Fischer,
Jannis Niewöhner (
"Napoleon") as Friedrich Bauman,
Rory Kinnear (
"The Diplomat") as Graham Anderson,
Oliver Cudbill as Stefan Weiss,
Sonita Henry as Anne Anderson,
Victoria Mayer as Ingrid Schimmel,
Valentino Dalle Mura as Rolf Muller,
July Namir as Kamilla Akhmedova,
Julian Niedermeier as Otto Kowalski,
Sofia Oxenham as Greta Abstreiter and
Daniel Zielinski as Tomas Klein.
Skelly will star as Martha Schmitt, a deep cover agent for MI6 surrounded by enemies and constantly under threat of her cover being blown. Martha tries her hardest to avoid detection by Friedrich (Niewöhner), the new Stasi Head of Counterespionage against British Targets. Martha Scmitt is in fact a younger Carolyn Martens, who was played by
Fiona Shaw in
"Killing Eve". The BBC has not officially commented on the show's connection to
"Kililng Eve".
The show is co-produced by the BBC and German network ZDF.
"Honey" was commissioned by
Lindsay Salt, Director of BBC Drama, for BBC iPlayer and BBC One, and
Frank Seyberth, Head of Coproduction, International Fiction, for ZDF.
"Honey" is developed by Sid Gentle Films, part of BBC Studios, for the BBC and ZDF, in association with Fifth Season, which will distribute the series globally. It is executive produced by
Sally Woodward Gentle and
Lee Morris for Sid Gentle Films and the producer is
Christopher Hall.