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Passenger's Jack James Ryan and Shameless star David Threlfall's surprising real-life connection as pair star together in new ITV drama


Jack James Ryan and David Threlfall star together in new ITV drama Passenger, which will make its debut on ITV on Sunday night. Here is the unlikely real-life connection the pair have.

Shameless star David Threlfall, 70, (pictured) plays the character of Jim Bracknell, a fracking manager, who finds himself blamed for a series of mysterious goings on in the town of Chadder Vale Moving back to the present, Jack and David will feature on-screen together alongside another former Shameless star, Sean Gilder, who played Paddy Maguire, in Passenger, which promises to have viewers in for a thrilling ride. The synopsis for the show reads: 'As a series of strange happenings and increasingly shocking crimes start unfolding within the town, the residents resort to short-sighted theories and blame outside influences such as the fracking site and its manager Jim Bracknell (Threlfall).

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