BBC's new drama Rules of the Game is set to start tonight.
The four-part series will see Maxine Peake return to our screens following her powerful performance in Anne at the beginning of the year.
The 47-year-old plays Sam Thompson in the new thriller, which explores sexual politics in the modern workplace.
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Sam is a ruthless businesswoman who has climbed to the top of the ladder at a sportswear company in the North West.
She immediately clashes with new HR director, Maya, who picks apart the culture of toxic masculinity in the workplace.
However, events soon take a dark turn when Sam arrives at work one morning to find a dead body on the company premises.
This will result in secrets emerging as the two start asking questions about the death of a young female employee at a company party ten years ago.
The BBC said: "Rocked by a sudden terrible death on company premises, Sam faces questions from the police, and finds herself pulled in all directions: by her loyalty to the company, by her own family, by Maya, and by new revelations about the death of Amy, ten years ago. Two deaths, one toxic workplace. Just how culpable is the company - and how guilty is Sam?"
The show has been written by Ruth Fowler who said the drama is loosely based on the #metoo movement.
She added: "I’d spent my entire life waiting for this moment to create Sam - a woman who had clawed her way to the top, and had been used and abused as much as she had used and abused others.
"The grey areas of complicity surrounding behaviour that had once been OK fascinates me."
Maxine Peake said it is important stories such as Rules of The Game continue to be told so the movement keeps momentum.
She added: "Things are changing, but not fast enough. There are still issues to be tackled, and it’s not going away anytime soon. I know we’re not changing the world, but we’re making sure that these issues don’t go away, we have something that is a drama but has a strong political vein running through it.
The four part series begins tonight at 9pm on BBC One - and we have rounded the full cast list below.
Full cast of Rules of The Game
- Sam Thompson - Maxine Peake
- Maya Benshaw - Rakhee Thakrar
- DI Eve Preston - Susan Wokoma
- Gareth Jenkins - Kieran Bew
- Owen Jenkins - Ben Batt
- Tess Jones - Callie Cooke
- Anita - Alison Steadman
- Vanessa Jenkins - Zoe Tapper
- Carys Jenkins - Katherine Pearce
Rules of The Game starts tonight at 9pm on BBC One
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