Patrick Brammall Set To Lead Apple TV Thriller The Dispatcher

Apple TV+ have announced they have their leading man for upcoming thriller, The Dispatcher. That honour will go to Australian actor Patrick Brammall (Colin from Accounts, Evil).

The six episode thriller set in Australia, will have Gotham Award winner play police detective Ian Hunt. It will be adapted by acclaimed writer and executive producer Kris Mrksa (Requiem, No Escape, White House Farm) from CWA John Creasey Dagger-winning author Ryan David Jahn’s book of the same name.

Here’s the official synopsis that Apple TV+ have sent us…
Police detective Ian Hunt’s life fell apart ten years ago when his young daughter Maggie disappeared without a trace. Now working as a police dispatcher, the only thing that has kept him going is his implacable refusal to accept that she might be gone forever. When he receives a distress call from a young girl he is certain is Maggie, he will stop at nothing to find her and reunite his broken family, whatever the cost.

The series is executive produced by Jamie Laurenson and Hakan Kousetta at 60Forty Films, with executive producers Kris Mrksa and Joanna Werner at Werner Film Productions.

The Dispatcher  joins a slate of acclaimed, thrilling dramas on Apple TV+, including the high-octane hit Hijack, starring and executive produced by SAG and Golden Globe Award winner Idris Elba; beloved, multi-BAFTA Award-winning Slow Horses, led by Academy Award winner Gary Oldman; and, the recently announced Down Cemetery Road, starring Academy Award winner Emma Thompson and Golden Globe Award winner Ruth Wilson, among others.

Apple have yet to name other cast for The Dispatcher, or hint at a potential launch date.