Scripted series · BBC One
The Rapture
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Ruth Madeley
Dr Gabrielle Fox
5 eps
India Ria Amarteifio
Bethany Krall
5 eps
Iwan Rheon
Dick Carwyn
5 eps
Jack Farthing
Frasier Melville
5 eps
Simon Armstrong
Sam Duval
5 eps
Stephen Campbell Moore
Max Leland
5 eps
Naby Dakhli
Rafiq Khemiri
5 eps
Richard Elis
Ed Blanchett
5 eps
Siena Kelly
Anika Drake
5 eps
Ruth Jones
Mel Thomas
5 eps
Sam Hazeldine
Leonard Krall
5 eps
Robert Rhodes
Simon 'Sonic' Keegan
5 eps
Gaby French
Gail Pritchard
5 eps
Margaret Clunie
Christina Lawson
5 eps
Frankie Williams
Susie Wilcox
5 eps
Koko Basigara
News Reader
1 eps
Judith Humphreys
Joy Morgan
1 eps
Katie Clarkson-Hill
Daisy Stokes
1 eps
Robinah Kironde
Carys Krall
1 eps
Dean Rehman
Dr Ehmet
1 eps
Kate Hawkins
News Reader
1 eps
Ankur Sengupta
Home Secretary
1 eps
Mark Strepan
Alex Fox
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Rapture actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Rapture reads strongest on Serialized, Character Depth and Emotional Weight.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
As temperatures rise, a convicted murderer foretells apocalyptic disaster - is she a manipulative psychopath or does she know the truth? High-stakes thriller crackling with danger.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Joanna CrowProducer
- Ruth MadeleyExecutive Producer
- Damien TimmerExecutive Producer
- Rebecca DurbinExecutive Producer
- Tom LeggettExecutive Producer
- Betsan Morris EvansProducer
Writing
- Bryony KimmingsWriter
Direction
- Eva SigurðardóttirDirector
Where to watch
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