FILM crews have been in Great Sankey today, Friday, to shoot scenes for an upcoming drama starring Maxine Peake.

The Forge Entertainment are working on behalf of the BBC on Rules of the Game.

It is a four-part series described as a 'thriller about sexual politics in the modern workplace'.

Rules of the Game

Rules of the Game

The production team are in Mossdale Close with filming expected to continue throughout the weekend.

Rules of the Game will star Maxine Peake as Sam, a hard-headed manager at a family run business in the north west.

Rules of the Game

Rules of the Game

Sam tries to shake up the old-fashioned lad culture and begins investigating historic cases of misconduct.

The synopsis added: "However, when Sam arrives at work one day to find a dead body in the office reception, she is forced to reckon with not only the murky behaviour in the present, but murderous secrets from the past as well."

Writer Ruth Fowler said: “When we conceived this show it was during the Weinstein scandal, and I was concerned it might have dated in the interim. How sadly wrong I was.

Rules of the Game

Rules of the Game

"I’m honoured the BBC and everyone else championing this story did not let it fade away as its relevance has become even more acute.

"Many women’s experiences, including my own, inspired this fictional show - with the added benefit that in the retelling no women were harmed, maimed or exposed to Harvey. I’m delighted the brave, wonderful and tenacious Maxine Peake is on board to help tell this story."

In a letter to Mossdale Close residents, The Forge Entertainment asked people not to gather at the film set due to Covid-19 procedures in place.

Rules of the Game

Rules of the Game

Further casting and a release date are yet to be confirmed.

The production is being supported by Warrington Borough Council and Creative England.