Simon Goff (The Gold, Waves) has provided the original score for the new BBC crime drama The Cage. The show is created by Tony Schumacher (The Responder) and stars Sheridan Smith, Michael Socha, Geraldine James, Barry Sloane, Anton Bibby, Freya Jones, Shaun Mason, Sophie Mensah, Louis Emerick, Eileen O’Brien, Sue Jenkins and Mona Goodwin. The 5-part series directed by Al Mackay (Kidnapped: The Chloe Ayling Story) follows a charismatic cashier at an inner-city casino who finds herself threatened with losing the family home and starts skimming cash from the casino safe to secure her family’s future. Schumacher & Smith are also executive producing the Element Pictures production with Hilary Martin (Alice & Jack, The Listeners), Christopher Aird (The Tourist, The Widow), Ed Guiney (The Favourite, Room), Andrew Lowe (Poor Things, Bugonia) and Lucy Richer (Top of the Lake, The Split). The Cage is premiering in the UK tonight on BBC One and will also be available to stream on the BBCiPlayer.
Goff’s other recent projects include Tina Gharavi’s feature Virginia Woolf’s Night and Day, which will be released in UK theaters this June.
