Channel 5 starts Feud with Jill Halfpenny, Rupert Penry-Jones in new drama

Paramount-owned Channel 5 in the UK has commissioned a domestic thriller called The Feud, starring Jill Halfpenny (The Cuckoo) and Rupert Penry-Jones (Spooks). The 6×60’ series is produced by UK indie Lonesome Pine Productions, with funding from North East Screen. Banijay Rights is handling worldwide distribution. Halfpenny and Penry-Jones play a couple living a seemingly idyllic life. However, when they plan to build a kitchen extension to their house, their once-friendly neighbours object and things turn sour. Paul Testar, commissioning …