Has the trailer whet your appetite? Here’s everything you need to know about the new series.

What is The Way about?

Imagining a civil uprising in a small industrial town, The Way focuses on one family, The Driscolls, and their desperate attempt to “escape the country they’ve always called home and the certainties of their old lives”.

Who stars in The Way?

Gavin And Stacey’s Steffan Rhodri, Mali Harries (Hinterland), Sophie Melville (The Pact), Callum Scott Howells (It’s A Sin) and Michael Sheen (Good Omens) lead the cast as the Driscoll family, with Maja Laskowska (Baptiste) taking on the role of a young woman caught up in the family’s escape.

They are joined by:

Luke Evans
Tom Cullen
Danny Sapani
Mark Lewis Jones
Paul Rhys
Erin Richards
Aneurin Barnard
Catherine Ayers
Patrick Baladi
Georgia Tennant
Jonathan Nefydd
Matthew Aubrey
Teilo James Le Masurier

What are people saying about The Way?

Speaking with the BBC about the project, writer James Graham said: “Working with Michael Sheen and Adam Curtis on building this story has been one of those pinch-me moments in the life of a writer.

“To tell a story set in Michael’s home community, and tapping into all the political and social themes of the moment – strikes, division, chaos and a loss of control – all while infusing it, we hope, with humour, magic and imagination, has been the most creatively satisfying experience.”

The Way is the bold new BBC drama about a family faced with an impossible choice