Take the movie Speedroughly transpose the story into a train and presto, you get an idea of what awaits you in the miniseries Nightsleeper. The passengers find themselves trapped because the train has been hacked and it is impossible to regain control. But was British fiction really filmed on a train?
You will be able to discover the first two episodes of the new miniseries Nightsleeper on TF1 this Wednesday, October 9 from 9:10 p.m. (our opinion). Prepare yourself for three captivating evenings watching this British thriller starring Joe Cole (Peaky Blinders). The character played by the latter, Joe, finds himself in the middle of a train hijacking from Glasgow to London. A terrible race against time is launched throughout the six episodes. Enough to recall, among other things, the atmosphere of the cult film Speed…
Nightsleeper : What awaits you in the miniseries broadcast on TF1
Glasgow, Glasgow, two minutes off! At the start of Nightsleepera man – Joe – sets off in pursuit of another who has just stolen a computer in the middle of the station. He succeeds, but once on his train, he discovers that this theft was in fact a diversion to hack the train’s control system by placing a device inside. Joe and the other passengers thus become the toys of malicious people planning to let the train rush towards London station. All these passengers become suspects at the same time. Is Joe himself someone you can trust?
Nightsleeper : Was the fiction filmed on a real train?
The series Nightsleeper was filmed between April and July 2023, primarily in and around Glasgow, Scotland. Scenes from the beginning of the series were filmed at Glasgow Central Station. But was the series filmed on a real train? Well, despite very convincing appearances, no! All interior train sets were filmed at Pioneer Film Studios. A life-size train was recreated in these studios, and walls of giant LED screens installed to give the illusion of the movement of the train. The illusion worked so well that some of the actors had to take pills for motion sickness! Other settings include footage at the National Cyber Security Center in a building on a Glasgow City University campus.
