He's to play a US media mogul in the new BBC drama, alongside Peaky Blinders star Helen McCrory and On Chesil Beach's Billy Howlett.

 

Gere said he was "so pleased" to make his small screen comeback in the series, written by Tom Rob Smith.

 

He joins the ranks of other Hollywood actors, like Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon, making the move to TV.