Channel 4 Releases First Trailer for Scottish Drama Summerwater
Channel 4 has unveiled the trailer for Summerwater, a haunting new Scottish drama adapted from Sarah Moss’s acclaimed novel of the same name. The six-part series, launching later this month, is the inaugural production from Glasgow-based indie Freedom Scripted.
Cast and Crew
The ensemble cast features Shereen Cutkelvin (Crime, Vigil), Anders Hayward (Guilt), James Harkness (Lockerbie), Daniel Rigby (Black Mirror), Shauna Macdonald (Shetland), and Jamie Sives (Dept).
- Supporting actors include Dougray Scott, Shirley Henderson, Valene Kane, Arnas Fedaravičius, Anna Próchniak, and Gabriel Scott.
The series is adapted by John Donnelly (Utopia, The Pass) and directed by Robert McKillop (Guilt) and Fiona Walton (Rebus).
Plot Overview
Summerwater is set in a rain-soaked holiday cabin park in the Scottish Highlands. It follows a group of holidaymakers whose mounting tensions escalate toward a devastating confrontation. The drama is told through interwoven perspectives, exploring fleeting beauty, quiet resentments, and the invisible pressures shaping ordinary lives, all culminating in a single, shattering day by the loch.
The series "explores fleeting beauty, quiet resentments and the unseen pressures beneath ordinary lives — all culminating in a single, shattering day by the loch."
Summerwater represents a striking new voice in Scottish drama, blending atmospheric storytelling with complex character dynamics.
Author’s summary: Summerwater brings a tense, multilayered narrative set in the Scottish Highlands, examining ordinary lives under pressure through a gripping ensemble drama.