Prime Video Reveals Official Trailer, Launch Date and Key Art for New Original Series "Dead Hot"

The comedy-thriller will launch exclusively on Prime Video in the UK and Ireland on 1st March

The six-part series is created and written by Charlotte Coben and produced by Quay Street Productions, starring Bilal Hasna and BAFTA nominated Vivian Oparah.

Prime Video has revealed the official trailer, launch date and key art for new UK Original series, Dead Hot, ahead of all six episodes launching on Prime Video on 1st March 2024 in the UK and Ireland.

The new comedy-thriller series is created and written by Charlotte Coben (The Stranger, Stay Close, Shelter, Fool Me Once), and executive produced by Nicola Shindler (It's A Sin, Nolly, Happy Valley, Stay Close, Fool Me Once).

Dead Hot is a compelling and twisty character-driven comedy-thriller set in Liverpool, which explores family, class, love, trauma, and identity. Bilal Hasna (Extraordinary, Layla) and BAFTA nominated Vivian Oparah (Rye Lane, Then You Run, I May Destroy You) take the helm as protagonists Elliot and Jess, navigating the highs and lows, and complexities of their mid-twenties. With Penelope Wilton playing Francine, Elliot's extremely wealthy, traditional and bigoted grandmother (Downton Abbey, After Life) and Peter Serafinowicz (The School for Good and Evil, The Tick) playing Detective Chief Inspector also starring in this stellar cast.

Set in present-day Liverpool, twentysomethings Elliot and Jess are best friends united by a bond of grief at losing Peter - the first and only love of Elliot and Jess' twin brother. It's been five years since Peter went missing in mysterious circumstances, and still reeling from the trauma, the best friends spiral into a hedonistic lifestyle, partying to numb their grief while clinging to a small hope that they will one day find out what happened. When Elliot meets Will, he starts to think he can put the past behind him. But when Elliot learns Will has his own dark secrets, just as Jess is contacted by somebody claiming to be her brother, it sets into motion a determination for the pair to find out if Elliot's romantically cursed - or being targeted.

Further cast includes Rosie Cavaliero (Funny Woman), Rebekah Murrell (The Pact), Alan Turkington (Heartstopper), Brandon Fellows (The Stranger) and rising star Marcus Hodson.

Dead Hot is produced by Award Winning Quay Street Productions (part of ITV Studios) and executive produced by Nicola Shindler. The series is created, written, and executive produced by Charlotte Coben. Laurie Kirkham (It's A Sin, Finding Alice, Trust Me) is producer, with Sam Arbor (Heartstopper) as director on Block One and David Sant (Significant Other, Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything) as director on Block Two. Dead Hot filmed in and around Liverpool and North West England. Dead Hot is produced in association with ITV Studios, which will handle international distribution.

Dead Hot represents the growing UK and Ireland Original slate on Prime Video, along with new UK-produced series and movies launching across 2024. These include 007's Road to a Million, an unscripted adventure series inspired by James Bond; psychological thriller and twisted love story Wilderness; Fifteen-Love, a drama series set in the world of elite tennis; How To Date Billy Walsh, a rom-com movie; stranger-than-fiction docuseries The Greatest Show Never Made and Fake Sheikh and comedy LOL: Last One Laughing Ireland. Dead Hot will join the thousands of TV shows and movies in the Prime Video catalogue including UK-produced Amazon Originals such as Clarkson's Farm, The Grand Tour, All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur, All or Nothing: Arsenal, The Devil's Hour, Mammals, Jungle and James May: Our Man In Italy. U.S. hits like The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, The Boys and Reacher, Gen V, Daisy Jones and The Six, as well as exclusive TV shows like Star Trek: Picard, Nine Perfect Strangers, and Little Fires Everywhere; movies like Shotgun Wedding, My Policeman, Thirteen Lives and BAFTA-nominated Everybody's Talking About Jamie, plus live sport including live coverage of Premier League football matches. All available at no additional cost as part of Prime Video, which is available in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide (offers and titles vary based on location).

Prime members will be able to watch all episodes of Dead Hot anywhere and anytime on the Prime Video app for smart TVs, mobile devices, Fire TV, Fire TV stick, Fire tablets, games consoles, on Virgin's V6 TV Box, the TalkTalk TV set top box, Sky Q, Apple TV, Chromecast, BT TV, or online at www.amazon.co.uk/primevideo. In the Prime Video app, Prime members can download episodes on their mobile devices and tablets and watch anywhere offline at no additional cost. Prime Video is available in the UK and Ireland at no extra cost to a Prime membership for just £8.99 a month or £95 per year. New customers can find out more at amazon.co.uk/prime and subscribe to a free 30-day trial.

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About Quay Street Productions (part of ITV Studios):

Quay Street Productions was founded by multi-award-winning producer Nicola Shindler OBE in 2021, to make contemporary, provocative, entertaining, and engaging drama for UK and global audiences. The production company builds on Shindler's reputation to deliver compelling drama, with her previous credits including It's A Sin, Stay Close, Ridley Road, Finding Alice, The Stranger, Happy Valley and Queer As Folk.

Based in Manchester, Quay Street Productions puts the writers and talent at the centre of the production process. Welcoming voices from all different backgrounds, Quay Street Productions promotes a diversity of storytelling working with new and established writers.

Russell T Davies drama Nolly for Quay Street Productions, starring Helena Bonham Carter as soap opera legend Noele "Nolly" Gordon, and Significant Other starring Katherine Parkinson and Youssef Kerkour, launched on ITVX last year. Men Up, a feature-length drama starring Iwan Rheon, aired on BBC One over Christmas and most recently After the Flood, starring Sophie Rundle launched on ITV1 and ITVX.

Harlan Coben's latest Netflix series Fool Me Once, starring Michelle Keegan and Joanna Lumley, premiered on 1st January 2024, amassing 61M views globally in its first two weeks, reaching the Top 10 in 91 countries. Quay Street Productions is part of ITV Studios.

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