PHILIP BARANTINI

AN ACTOR WITH CREDITS INCLUDING BAND OF BROTHERS, CHERNOBYL, TIME AND THE RESPONDER, Barantini recently moved into directing, most notably with a single-take short fi lm in 2019 called Boiling Point , which starred Stephen Graham as a talented chef at a restaurant where chaos reigns behind its fl ash façade. That short was notably transformed into an intense, attention-grabbing full-length feature last year – again shot in one take –and now Barantini is reuniting with co-writer James Cummings to bring the story to TV. Barantini will direct the fi rst two episodes of the BBC fi ve-parter, which will pick up events six months after the fi lm. It focuses on former sous chef Carly (Vinette Robinson), who is now head chef at her own restaurant.