A haunting new drama is coming to our screens soon, offering a unique insight into life on a railway station.

Platform 7 is a heartbreaking modern ghost story in which a young woman named Lisa is forced to face the mystery of her death.

In ITV’s psychological thriller, she is left in the station where she died, unable to remember who she was.

After witnessing a cataclysmic event on Platform 7 at Peterborough Station, her fragmented memories return, revealing the truth about her death.

The film is based on the novel of the same name by Louise Doughty, was adapted for the screen by Paula Milne and produced by Chris Carey and Kate Triggs.

Doughty said Peterborough was a station she had been associated with throughout her life.

She said: ‘I used to joke that if I had been evil and died and gone to purgatory, I would be trapped at Peterborough train station on a freezing November night.

“That’s where the idea came from: a train station as a metaphor for purgatory and a young woman who dies there under mysterious circumstances and is trapped there until the mystery of her death is solved.”

Who is part of the cast of Platform 7?

Jasmine Jobson

Bafta award winner Jasmine Jobson plays the lead role of young Lisa, a woman who can remember neither her previous life nor the cause of her death, but who gradually uncovers the truth.

The 29-year-old will be a familiar face to many after starring in the Netflix series Top boy and the BBC drama Zeros + Crosses.

About her character in Platform 7She said: “She is very strong-willed and strong-willed and witnesses a devastating incident which refreshes her fragmented memory.

“As she journeys, she finds similarities to something she has experienced herself, which in turn gives her a lot of strength, which is very exciting.”

Toby Regbo

Former Harry Potter star Toby Regbo plays Lisa’s boyfriend, emergency doctor Matt Goodson in Platform 7.

The 32-year-old, who was a young Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 And Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. He also acted in BBC dramas The Last Kingdomand Sky One’s A discovery of witches And Belgravia: The next chapter on MGM+.

Of his role as a doctor, she said: “Matthew lives on adrenaline, so to speak, and things are constantly changing for him.

“When he talks about A&E, he talks about how he lives this process, that there is always something new.

“I think that shapes his personality. He has passion and hunger, but it’s also extremely hard on himself.”

Yaamin Chowdhury

Yaamin Chowdhury takes on the role of Akash, a British Transport Police detective who is tasked with investigating Lisa’s death.

He risks his entire career to solve the mystery.

The British actor was previously seen in The Essex Snake, The Lazarus Project And Ghosts.

Phil Davis

Phil Davis plays Lisa as another ghost, Edward Warren, who is also trapped in the station.

The 71-year-old actor and director played in Select M for Middlesbrough, Poldark And Crazy dogsHe is also the voice of the BBC show Who do you think you are?

Jobson paid tribute to her colleagues on the show, saying: “Phil Davies is a phenomenal actor and a lovely guy, he’s like a BFG (Big Friendly Giant!).

“He is so great, I learned a lot from him.”

The cast of Platform 7 also contains:

• Rhiannon Clements as Izzy (Hollyoaks, Maryland, United StatesA)
• Emily Carey as Ella (Revenge, Geek Girl)
• Reece Ritchie as Richard (White Heat, The Ark)
• Sacha Parkinson as Melissa (Coronation Street, Mr Selfridge)
  • Patrick Robinson as Trevor (The last kingdom. Shetland)
  • Natasha Joseph as Evelyn (Coronation Street, Skins)
  • Cleo Sylvestre as Layla (Junction, Paddington)
  • Mark Noble as Inspector Barker (TThe Borgias, The Doctor and the Dear Animals)
  • Margaret Clunie as Anthea Cox (Victoria, Andor)

Where is Platform 7 filmed?

Writer Louise Doughty said the novel version of Platform 7 played at Peterborough railway station, where she had spent her entire life passing through or waiting.

“It’s a fantastic gift for a writer because you have a setting where there’s a lot of action,” she said. “There are hordes of people passing through at all hours of the day and night.”

“I spent a lot of time at Peterborough train station myself while researching the novel and got to know the staff there quite well. I really felt for how this small community spends all day dealing with the smallest needs of its customers – why is the lift broken, why is my service six minutes late – and then suddenly they have to deal with life-or-death situations.”

Filming for the ITV series did not take place at Peterborough station; instead, the concourse and forecourt at Kidderminster station in Worcestershire were filmed.

The actual Platform 7 footage was shot at Keighley station in West Yorkshire.

The county was also used for filming outside the station area; the Leeds suburb of Chapel Allerton served as a setting for some of the dramas.

Jasmine Jobson, who plays Lisa, said: “Filming the show was so much fun, but being in a train station in the middle of winter was definitely not fun. I constantly had to pretend I didn’t feel the cold as a ghost – so I was always trying to imagine I was in a hot country like the Dominican Republic!”

How can I watch Platform 7?

The four-part drama was originally released on ITVX last year and will stream from Thursday, December 7, 2023.

Now it is also ITV1starting on Monday, August 26, 9 p.m..

The four one-hour episodes will be shown on consecutive evenings and end on Thursday, August 29th at 9 p.m.

The series can still be streamed on ITVX.