ITV1 has announced that their two-part drama The Poison Tree will premiere on Monday 10 December 2012 at 9.00pm. Based on the novel by Erin Kelly and developed for TV by Law & Order: UK scribe Emilia di Girolamo, The Poison Tree follows translator Karen Clarke, a haunted woman who will go to extraordinary lengths to protect her family and the secrets that she keeps from them. Lex Shrapnel will feature in the role of Lenny.

Brief flashbacks to the past will tell Karen’s story; that of an ordinary girl thrown into an extraordinary world, as Karen first meets the glamorous Biba and her brother Rex in one long summer of love, but quickly becomes tangled up in their tragic family history with the romantic idyll turning into a nightmare – one that haunts her to the present day. The two part drama was co-produced by STV Productions and GroupM Entertainment for ITV1 and stars MyAnna Buring (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn) as Karen, Ophelia Lovibond (No Strings Attached) as Biba and Matthew Goode (Watchmen) as Rex.

You can find out more by reading our original article on The Poison Tree.

Source: tvwise.co.uk