The Nethersphere Vol 2 No 2

BBC Three announced on April 4 that filming began that day on Class with Greg Austin, Fady Elsayed, Sophie Hopkins and Vivian Oparah headlining the 8-part series as a group of British Sixth Formers tasked with stopping alien shenanigans. Along with the students Katherine Kelly will assume the role of a powerful teacher at Coal Hill School. As part of the announcement a 360 O video introduction by Patrick Ness, on the sets of the production, was released.

Greg Austin is best known for playing the young Gordon Selfridge in ITV's Mr Selfridge . He immediately took to his YouTube channel to discuss his part. He grew up in Bournemouth and joined the Steppin' Out Academy of Performance in Poole, at age 9 and went on to be offered a place at ArtsEd (Arts Educational Schools London) where he graduated in 2013 and immediately auditioned for Mr Selfridge . He also has appeared in an episode of Law & Order UK alongside Peter Davison.His character’s name is Charlie. Yorkshire actress Sophie Hopkins has starred in a series of short films, including Since We Last. Vivian Oparah was a member of the National Youth Theatre. Fady Elsayed starred in award-winning 2013 British independent film My Brother the Devil . He's also set to appear in Brotherhood, the final part of Noel Clarke's coming-of-age trilogy that began with Kidulthood in 2006.

Class is a young adult series set in contemporary London where incredible dangers are breaking through the walls of time and space, and with darkness coming, London is unprotected. It asks the following questions. What if your planet was massacred and you were the sole survivor? What if a legendary figure out of space and time found you a place to hide? But what if the things that want to kill you have tracked you down? And worst of all, what if you haven't studied for your A-Levels…?

On his first television series, two-time Carnegie Medal winner Patrick Ness said: “I’m astounded and thrilled to be entering the Doctor Who universe, which is as vast as time and space itself. There’s so much room there for all kinds of amazing stories, and to work with Steven Moffat and Brian Minchin to find a place to tell one of my own has been an absolute joy. I can’t wait for people to meet the heroes of Class, to meet the all-new villains and aliens, to remember that the horrors of the darkest corners of existence are just about on par with having to pass your A-Levels." Ness said about the actors “We searched far and wide for this amazing cast, fantastic actors who understand what we’re aiming for with this show. And how lucky we are to get Katherine Kelly! She’s been stunning in Happy Valley, The Night Manager and Mr Selfridge , just wait until you see her here.” Ness has revealed on twitter that he was approached by the BBC for something else entirely and then they got talking."