 Penry-Jones plays oil executive Tom McConnell in the BBC's Burn Up |
Fans of BBC One's spy drama Spooks are used to seeing Rupert Penry-Jones risking life and limb for queen and country.
But in two-part thriller Burn Up the 37-year-old actor takes on a more cerebral role as an oil executive caught up in a global conspiracy.
Written by Simon Beaufoy, who was Oscar-nominated for his work on hit comedy The Full Monty, the drama takes a topical look at the dangers of climate change.
The son of To the Manor Born star Angela Thorne, Penry-Jones - who has two young children with actress wife Dervla Kirwan - will also be seen soon in ITV crime drama Whitechapel.
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