A fifth story in popular (but occasional) detective thriller series Messiah is on its way to BBC One and will star Marc Warren of Hustle fame, who also had a cameo part in Life on Mars. He’ll be joined in the new two-part case by a strong cast including Marsha Thomason from Lost, Daniel Ryan, Nina Sosanya, Niall Macgregor, and Rory Kinnear.

Warren plays DCI Walker – a haunted man who has finally met his match in a killer who enacts a series of sadistic and elaborately staged murders with the intention of communicating a stark message to the world. Walker’s previously renowned finely tuned instincts and tenacity of character elude him as his personal demons invade the investigation and he struggles to match the speed and attention to detail that the killer is displaying.