{"id":5494,"date":"2026-08-18T10:07:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T10:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=5494"},"modified":"2026-08-18T10:07:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T10:07:18","slug":"bbc-a24s-the-ministry-of-time-series-casts-aoife-hinds-billy-howle-as-leads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=5494","title":{"rendered":"BBC, A24\u2019s \u2018The Ministry of Time\u2019 Series Casts Aoife Hinds, Billy Howle as Leads"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n\tThe BBC has unveiled the casting of the leads for drama series\u00a0<em>The Ministry of Time\u00a0<\/em>from A24 as filming begins in and around London. It will star\u00a0Aoife Hinds\u00a0(<em>Dune: Prophecy, Normal People<\/em>) as Sophy and\u00a0Billy Howle (<em>The Perfect Couple, Under the Banner of Heaven<\/em>) as Commander Graham Gore.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=5492\">\u2018Lanterns\u2019 Stars Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre Talk the Pilot Shocker, Early Fears and Season 2 Chances<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<em>The Ministry of Time<\/em> is based on\u00a0Kaliane Bradley\u2019s bestselling debut novel of the same name, adapted by\u00a0Alice Birch (<em>Normal People, The End We Start From, Dead Ringers<\/em>), with\u00a0Aneil Karia\u00a0(<em>Hamlet, The Gold, Surge<\/em>) serving as the lead director. <\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe six-part series will be produced by A24 (<em>Beef, Such Brave Girls, Dreaming Whilst Black<\/em>) for BBC iPlayer and BBC One.\u00a0Amediateka, Bell Media\u2019s Crave, Binge Australia and ZDF are set to co-produce the series.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Time of the novel is \u201ca newly established government department gathering \u2018expats\u2019 from across history in an experiment to test the viability of time-travel,\u201d reads a synopsis. \u201cOur\u00a0heroine\u00a0Sophy achieves a hard-fought promotion in the civil service, only to learn that her role is to help a time traveller acclimatize to the modern world as part of a top-secret Ministry program. Commander Graham Gore is a Victorian polar explorer and one of several \u2018expats\u2019 from history who are now part of the Ministry\u2019s extraordinary experiment. The professional friendship between Sophy and Graham develops into an intense forbidden romance that reveals the transporting power of love across centuries, just as the sinister nature of the Ministry\u2019s true intentions increasingly puts them in danger.\u201d\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=5490\">Jeanie Buss Opposes Sale of Family\u2019s Lakers Stake to Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tSaid <em>The Ministry of Time<\/em>\u202fauthor Bradley:\u00a0\u201cThis is very exciting, and I\u2019m looking forward to seeing how it all comes together. If I could travel back in time six years to tell past me what was going to happen with that polar explorer she\u2019d just started writing about, I think she would have done some very Victorian swooning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tLindsay Salt, director of BBC Drama, called <em>The Ministry of Time<\/em> \u201ca truly distinctive, genre-defying series with a beautiful central relationship, and we are thrilled to have Aoife and Billy leading the cast.\u201d She added: \u201cKaliane Bradley has created two complex, compelling characters at the heart of this brilliant story, which has been beautifully adapted by Alice Birch. We\u00a0can\u2019t\u00a0wait for BBC viewers to join us on this epic adventure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Ministry of Time<\/em> was commissioned by Salt and is executive produced by A24, Birch, Aneil Karia and Jo McClellan for the BBC. Frances du Pille<em>\u00a0(The Sixth Commandment, What It Feels Like for a Girl)\u00a0<\/em>is the producer. 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