Adeel Akhtar (Sherwood) and Ciarán Hinds (Belfast) have joined the cast of A24's BBC drama series Ministry of Time, based on Kaliane Bradley's debut novel, Deadline reported. Also joining the cast are Hong Chau (The Whale), Tamara Lawrance (Get Millie Black), Emily Fairn (The Responder), Josh Finan (Say Nothing), Aisling Loftus (Sherwood), Tawfeek Barhom (Cairo Conspiracy), Nahuel Pérez Biscayart (120 Beats Per Minute), and Hélène Patarot (Paris, Je T'aime).
Starring Aoife Hinds and Billy Howle, the six-part series is being adapted by Alice Birch, with Aneil Karia (Top Boy) as lead director. Ministry of Time "follows the professional friendship between Sophy (Hinds) and Graham (Howle), which 'develops into an intense forbidden romance that reveals the transporting power of love across centuries, just as the sinister nature of the Ministry's true intentions increasingly puts them in danger,' " Deadline wrote.
Filming is taking place in and around London. A24 is executive producing alongside Birch, Bradley, Karia, and Jo McClellan for the BBC. Frances du Pille is the producer, and A24 has international distribution rights.