Ross Kemp and Beth Alsbury are set to star in a new thriller from Channel 5, which concerns the case of a woman gone missing.

The story follows Hannah Quinn (Alsbury) who is a disabled woman who works monitoring the CCTV on a rough estate.

The official synopsis reads: "One day she sees a man she knows is a violent criminal lead a young woman into a blind spot in the camera coverage.

"He emerges alone but when the police arrive there is no sign of the woman, who appears to have vanished into thin air."

Following that, Hannah is convinced that she has been murdered, but has to deal with apathetic policeman Tony Warden (Kemp) who gets put in charge of the case.

The role of Tony Warden is the first acting job for Kemp for a few years, and speaking to the Radio Times on what drew him to the Channel 5 project he said: "The script, it was the story – I thought it was clever, in terms of what the story is about, about people being watched and how people interpret being watched."

Discussing the fact that the main character in Hannah is disabled, Kemp added: "[BAFTA-winning director] Jordan Hogg has got cerebral palsy, and Beth is in a wheelchair... I thought it was quite enabling, without ramming it down your throat.

"I just liked it from a point of view that it was about empowering somebody in a chair."

Channel 5's Blindspot full cast

  • Beth Alsbury as Hannah Quinn
  • Ross Kemp as Tony Warden
  • Crystal Clarke as Amber Bradfield
  • Sue Vincent as Dolly
  • Kiran Landa as Geri
  • Michelle Bonnard as Louisa
  • Haylie Jones as Zoe Mason
  • Milán Bartha
  • Lewis Conway as Simon Wardle

When will Blindspot be on Channel 5

The first episode of Blindspot will be broadcast on Channel 5 at 9pm on Tuesday, July 4.

After that, the remaining three episodes will air at the same time on the next three nights.