Archive · 18 Aug 2026
Aoife Hinds and Billy Howle Lead 'The Ministry of Time'
The Ministry of Time is a new fantasy TV show that will be made by BBC and A24.
Two actors, Aoife Hinds and Billy Howle, will be the main stars.
The show is about a special government department called the Ministry of Time.
This department brings people from the past to live in the present day to test if time travel can work.
Aoife Hinds plays Sophy, a woman who gets a new job helping a time traveler.
The time traveler is Commander Graham Gore, an explorer from Victorian times.
Sophy and Graham become friends and then fall in love, which is complicated.
But the Ministry has secret plans that might put them in danger.
The show is based on a book by Kaliane Bradley.
Filming will happen in and around London.
Aoife Hinds and Billy Howle will lead the BBC and A24 fantasy series 'The Ministry of Time' as Sophy and Commander Graham Gore.
The six-part show is adapted from Kaliane Bradley's bestselling debut novel of the same name.
Filming is beginning in and around London, with further casting to be announced 'in due course.'
The plot follows civil servant Sophy helping Victorian polar explorer Commander Gore adjust to the modern world in a top-secret time-travel programme, leading to a forbidden romance.
The series is written and adapted by Alice Birch, produced by Frances du Pille, with A24 holding international distribution rights and co-producers including Amediateka, Binge, Crave, and ZDF.
- Who
- Aoife Hinds (as Sophy) and Billy Howle (as Commander Graham Gore), with the series written by Alice Birch and based on Kaliane Bradley's novel.
- What
- A six-part BBC and A24 fantasy series about a government ministry testing time travel, featuring a forbidden romance between a civil servant and a Victorian polar explorer.
- When
- No specific dates were announced; filming is slated to begin in and around London.
- Where
- London and surrounding areas, United Kingdom.
- Why
- The BBC commissioned the adaptation of Kaliane Bradley's bestselling debut novel, which explores a forbidden romance against the sinister intentions of a time-travel ministry.
- Series
- The Ministry of Time
- Networks
- BBC and A24
- Based On
- Kaliane Bradley's bestselling debut novel of the same name
- Cast
- Aoife Hinds (Sophy); Billy Howle (Commander Graham Gore)
- Episodes
- Six
- Adapted And Written By
- Alice Birch
- Co-producers
- Amediateka, Binge (Australia), Crave (Canada), ZDF (Germany)
- Filming Location
- London and surrounding areas