It’s been far too long since we last saw Suranne Jones on our screens and thankfully, she’s making it up for it with her biggest TV role yet in an extraordinary heist thriller. The Gentleman Jack actress has co-created a new six-part ITV drama, Frauds, which she'll also star in opposite Jodie Whittaker, as a pair of criminal friends taking on the ultimate heist. We’re calling it: it’s going to be absolute TV gold.

Co-created by Jones and Anne-Marie O’Connor (Maryland, Trollied), the drama follows con artists Bert (Suranne Jones) and Sam (Jodie Whittaker). The pair have been living in Spain for the last few years, Sam in the rolling hills and Bert in the slightly less idyllic setting of a prison cell. After a decade behind bars, a cancer diagnosis allows Bert to walk free on compassionate discharge - and she has a burning desire to pull off one final job that will prove her worth.

“Working on Frauds with Anne-Marie and Monumental for the last 2 years has been a wild ride. We took the idea of toxic female friendship and turned it on its head to give the heist genre an emotional heartbeat. I have always wanted to work with Jodie, and now I am. I hope you love Bert and Sam and all they get up to as much as we do,” Suranne says.

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What is Frauds about?

According to ITV’s official synopsis: 'We pick up the story as Sam [Jodie Whittaker] anxiously waits for Bert [Suranne Jones] to be released from a maximum-security prison on grounds of compassionate discharge. Frail and facing her final days, following a cancer diagnosis, Bert's mindset is as it's always been, to take risks and live life on the edge.

'Set in the picturesque mountainous region of Southern Spain, it's apparent from the outset that Sam and Bert have unresolved issues of the thieving kind.

'Locked into a pattern of fierce friendship coupled with deep mistrust, that goes back many years, Bert apparently has no one else to turn to in the final weeks of her life. And we sense this isn't going to be an easy ride for Sam, who is clearly burying feelings of guilt, and a past she'd rather stay forgotten.

'Pricked by those feelings, she reluctantly agrees to give her ailing former friend a bed in the idyllic smallholding she calls a home. Despite trying to keep Bert at a distance, she is immediately pulled back into their complex and addictive relationship.

'On the pretext of one final, multi-million-pound art heist, Bert attempts to lure Sam out of retirement, but at what cost? Can Sam stay one step ahead of her former friend, who is clearly capable of treachery? Or will the push and pull of their toxic friendship see them both ruined before they are able to pull off the job and escape one another for good?'

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Who is in the Frauds cast?

Supporting alongside Suranne Jones and Jodie Whittaker is a strong list of cast members which ITV have now confirmed includes:

  • Talisa García (Baptiste, Blurred) - Miss Take: a smart, funny, and acerbic Spanish trans woman in her fifties who hosts drag bingo at the club on the Costa del Sol
  • Elizabeth Berrington (Lost Boys and Fairies, Good Omens, Stella) - Jackie Diamond: a sharp-witted and sharp-mouthed magician’s assistant to her husband The Great Diavolo
  • Christian Cooke (Rematch, Love, Rosie) - Deegs: a Bradford money lender who tracks Bilal to Spain, creating conflict with Bert and Sam
  • Nansi Nsue (Past Lies, The Mallorca Files) - Amaya: a determined Spanish cop and working mum investigating a bizarre series of thefts
  • Lee Boardman (Enola Holmes, Andor, The Crow Girl) - Craig: Jackie’s husband, a gaslighting, narcissistic mid level magician
  • Abdul Salis (F1, The Wheel of Time, Mufasa: The Lion King) - Mateo: a kind man, considered he is Miss Take’s husband and greatest champion
  • Karan Gill (The Decameron, Brian And Margaret, I May Destroy You) - Bilal: an idiosyncratic Bradford loner with an unusual secret – he’s the world’s greatest forger
  • Thais Martin (Coolie) - Caitlin: Sam’s long-lost daughter, a petty criminal with her eye on the prize
  • Kate Fleetwood (The Wheel of Time, Harlots, Fate: The Winx Club Saga) - Celine: a no-nonsense East London ex-pat art dealer with a children’s soft play centre as a front for her dealings
  • Javier Taboada (The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, Las chicas del cable, Alta Mar) - Blas, a charismatic Spanish prison guard who had a relationship of sorts with Bert while she was inside

How can I watch Frauds?

Initially, it looked like we wouldn't be able to see Suranne back on our screens until 2026, but ITV has now confirmed that Frauds should be coming to ITV1 and ITVX later this year. Hopefully we won't have too much longer to wait now!