‘Common’ BBC Drama Air Date, Cast List and TV Trailer Released

The air date for the BBC’s one-off TV drama ‘Common’ has now been officially released, with the 90-minute film broadcasting at 9:00pm on Sunday, 6 July, 2014, on BBC One.

Set in the north-west of England and starring Nico Mirallegro as 17-year-old Johnjo O’Shea, Common is based on Britain’s controversial Joint Enterprise Law.

Plot

When Johnjo gives a group of friends a last-minute lift to the pizza parlour, he doesn’t expect the trip to lead to him being charged with murder. While he waits in the car, one of their group takes offence with an innocent bystander, who ends up getting fatally stabbed.

In their resulting battle for justice, O’Shea and his family learn that not being present at the murder scene is no defence.

Common BBC Cast List

Created by Jimmy McGovern

Character – Actor/Actress

Johnjo O’Shea – Nico Mirallegro (Hollyoaks, The Village, My Mad Fat Diary)

Royal Courts Judge – Sir Michael Gambon (Harry Potter, Quirke, The Casual Vacancy)

Tony Wallace – Philip Hill-Pearson
Kieran Gillespie – Andrew Ellis
Colin McCabe – Jack McMullen
Coleen O’Shea – Jodhi May
Peter O’Shea – Andrew Tiernan
Patrick O’Shea – Ben Smith
Karen O’Shea – Finn Atkins
DI Hastings – Robert Pugh
Margaret Ward – Susan Lynch
Tommy Ward – Daniel Mays
Julie Ward – Samantha Oliver
Thomas Ward – Harry McMullen
Hugo Davies – Dean Smith
Albie Flanagan – Liam Ainsworth
Shelagh Wallace – Michelle Fairley
Barnes Williams – David Westhead
Leon King – Chu Omambala
Royal Courts Clerk – Will Travis
DC Jane Pearson – Louise Delamere
Defence Lawyer – Juliet Ellis
Prosecution Lawyer – James Nickerson
Magistrate – Marie Critchley
Police Officer – Julian Gorman
Liaison Officer – Kirsty-Leigh Porter
Jennifer Fielding – Tanya Moodie
Hugo’s Lawyer – Mark Chatterton
Bank Manager – Richard Sinnott
Civil Servant – Connie Hyde
Undertaker – Graham Padden

Common BBC Drama Trailer