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Bella Ramsey to Lead Daisy Haggard’s Directorial Debut Thriller Maya

The six-part series tracks a mother and daughter forced into witness protection in Scotland, with filming due to begin on location later this year.

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Overview

  • Bella Ramsey will star as Maya, a London teenager who enters a witness protection programme alongside her mother after a life-threatening danger.
  • Daisy Haggard, who created and wrote the series, will co-lead as Anna and make her directing debut alongside Jamie Donoughue.
  • The show was commissioned by Channel 4 executives Ollie Madden and Gemma Boswell and is produced by Two Brothers Pictures in association with All3Media International.
  • Production is set to take place entirely on location in rural Scotland later this year, with further casting announcements to follow.
  • Described as an atmospheric, darkly comic psychological thriller, Maya explores predatory male behaviour and the unbreakable bond between mother and daughter.