Kiefer Sutherland turns hitman for Sky Arts' one-off thriller Marked

By Caren Clark
( What's on TV )
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Kiefer Sutherland will star as a troubled hitman in a one-off film on Sky Arts 1 HD.

Marked will see the 24 star play James, a desperate, debt-ridden man who is asked by his neighbour, played by Kevin McNally, to carry out a hit in return for a large sum of money.

However, when James goes to the potential victim's house he gets a big shock when he comes to face to face with a mystery man played by Stephen Fry, who recently co-starred with Kiefer in 24: Live Another Day.

The 30-minute film, which will screen this Christmas, is part of the channel's Playhouse Presents… strand of dramas and comedy and has been written by actor Greg Ellis, who has also appeared in 24 as well as Pirates of the Caribbean and Star Trek.

 

Caren Clark
Caren Clark

Caren has been a journalist specializing in TV for almost two decades and is a Senior Features Writer for TV Times, TV & Satellite Week and What’s On TV magazines and she also writes for What to Watch.

Over the years, she has spent many a day in a muddy field or an on-set catering bus chatting to numerous stars on location including the likes of Olivia Colman, David Tennant, Suranne Jones, Jamie Dornan, Dame Judi Dench and Sir Derek Jacobi as well as Hollywood actors such as Glenn Close and Kiefer Sutherland.

Caren will happily sit down and watch any kind of telly (well, maybe not sci-fi!), but she particularly loves period dramas like Call the Midwife, Downton Abbey and The Crown and she’s also a big fan of juicy crime thrillers from Line of Duty to Poirot.

In her spare time, Caren enjoys going to the cinema and theatre or curling up with a good book.