The Tyne and Wear Metro has played a supporting role in a new series of dramas made for the BBC. It was seen in Doppelganger, which was first shown on BBC Three on Sunday 1st February, with film shot on board a train and at St James station.
Doppelganger is a 15 minute dark comedy about the repercussions of meeting your exact double, while exploring the issues of identity, parental expectations, and the pressures of being compared to other people.
The Metro appears at the opening of the programme in a series of cinematic camera shots where a red balloon can be seen floating down the escalator at St James Metro station before drifting on board a train.
Helen Matthews, Commercial Director at Nexus, said: ““It’s great that Metro has appeared in this brilliant new drama for BBC Three. We were delighted to work with the team at Candle & Bell on the project. Metro is part of everyday life in our region and provides some great backdrops for filming of this kind.”
The drama is written by Alison Carr and directed by Zak Harney. Its follows Josie, a frayed twenty something who has spent the last decade locked in an escalating feud with her doppelganger – another woman with the same name, same birthday, and a disturbingly similar life.
- Doppelganger can be viewed on BBC iPlayer at https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002qx96/long-story-short-series-1-doppelganger