''The Deep'' is a British television drama serial produced by Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC Wales. Written by Simon Donald, ''The Deep'' stars Minnie Driver, James Nesbitt, and Goran Visnjic as members of the crew of a research submarine, who encounter disaster thousands of feet underwater in the

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. The drama was filmed over 12 weeks in and around coastal communities near

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, including Dumbarton, Ardrossan and Irvine. The five episode serial was broadcast in August 2010.

Synopsis

A group of oceanographers seek a new source of biofuel in the deepest canyons of the Lomonosov Ridge. A disaster strikes their submarine, stranding them thousands of feet underwater. The group must now deal with clashing personalities and finding a way to the surface.

Cast

Episodes

Production

Commissioning of ''The Deep'' was announced by the BBC in July 2009. The BBC announced the involvement of stars Minnie Driver, James Nesbitt and Goran Visnjic, and the start of production at the BBC's Dumbarton studios, in December 2009.BBC Press Office (17 December 2009).
James Nesbitt, Minnie Driver and Goran Visnjic star in new BBC One drama serial, The Deep
. Press release. Retrieved 22 May 2010. The shoot ran for 12 weeks, concluding in March 2010. Submarine sets both physical and computer generated were designed by Production Designer Simon Bowles. Location filming also occurred in Ardrossan and the harbour at Irvine. Prosthetic make-up artist Linda A. Morton researched the sorts of injuries sustained by the characters by visiting a hospital burns unit, and referring to photographs of radiation burns.

Broadcast

''The Deep'' was broadcast weekly on BBC One and simulcast on BBC HD from 3BBC Press Office (22 July 2010).
Network TV BBC Week 31: Tuesday 3 August 2010
. Press release. Retrieved 22 July 2010. to 31 August 2010. The

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held a public screening of the first episode on 19 July 2010. It was followed by a question-and-answer session with Nesbitt and some of the production staff.18:30 TV Preview: The Deep plus Q+A
. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 12 July 2010

on 12 July 2010. In

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, the series premiered on the channel +Globosat on Thursday, 16 August 2012, at 21 hours.

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