Martin Clunes Is a Single Father in 'Out There's First Images

ITV has released the first images from the newest Martin Clunes thriller, Out There, which is coming to the U.K. network in time for the 2024 Holidays. Like the BBC, which commissions Christmas-themed episodes from its most popular series like Doctor Who, and high-profile specials like its yearly Agatha Christie miniseries, ITV brings out the big titles for the period between December 21, 2024, and January 5, 2025, when viewers are most likely to be home and turn on the TV. The network already announced that Vera's final season and behind-the-scenes special will be a highlight of the holidays, and now it confirms Martin Clunes will also be part of the package.

Clunes' newest headline role is the lead-off series in ITV's "Christmas Brochure," which lists all the debuts heading to ITV and ITVX in time for the winter holidays. That placement, including the front and center Out There key art featured, should give viewers an idea of how dependable the actor is in bringing in the eyeballs.

The new series is a far cry from his well-known Doc Martin role. Since Christmas is the traditional time for horror and thrillers in the U.K., this is no cozy medical crime drama. Instead, Clunes plays a farmer, Nathan Williams, a single father to a teenage son, Johnny, since his wife passed, who finds that the problems once confined to urban areas (drugs, murder, gangs) have now found their way to rural communities like his.