A new ITV drama is scheduled to debut this evening (Sunday 5th October), which is certain to keep audiences on the edge of their seats.

Six-episode series Frauds focuses on two expert con artists named Sam and Bert, portrayed by Jodie Whittaker and Suranne Jones. Suranne also co-created the programme and acted as an executive producer.

The duo are brought back together following their separation during a gruelling ten-year prison term. Bert secures release on compassionate grounds due to a cancer diagnosis, yet she harbours no intention of resting during her remaining weeks. Instead, she desperately seeks to execute one final robbery that will demonstrate her capabilities.

Bert and Sam soon starting planning the most daring of art robberies, assembling a crew of exceptionally talented misfits to assist them in orchestrating the crime.

"Whilst the team must overcome numerous challenges before they can pull off the heist, it's the power struggle between Bert and Sam that threatens to derail their plans and destroy them both," the synopsis concludes, reports the Liverpool Echo.

Alongside Suranne and Jodie, the series also stars Talisa Garcia as Miss Take, Elizabeth Berrington as Jackie Diamond, and Karan Gill as Bilal Anwar.

The ensemble is completed by Thais Martin as Caitlin, Javier Taboada as Blas, Christian Cooke as Deegs, Lee Boardman as Craig, Kate Fleetwood as Celine, Nansi Nsue as Amaya, and Abdul Salis as Mateo.

Frauds was shot in Tenerife earlier this year, highlighting the island's breathtaking isolated terrain and sparkling coastline.

Speaking about the unique location at a recent press event, the show's co-creator Anne-Marie O'Connor explained: "The setting of Spain [felt] like a character. How arid it is, how unforgiving it is once you're outside of the city. And as Brits, we all know Spain, we all know a version of Spain... Once you get outside of that world, you're back in a very sort of arid landscape."

Executive producer Katie Kelly added: "We always knew that's where it would be set, but shooting in Tenerife offered us everything we needed and more. In a small area you can have a sort of Costa del Sol beachside strip full of clubs (with everything from drag clubs to a magician's show), and then suddenly you can find yourself in what looks like an old Spanish town or up in lush, verdant mountains.

"In developing the show we were also quite influenced by Westerns and in that part of the world you've also got these desert landscapes which are vast and feel epic and dry and bring a really interesting flavour and tone to the show."

Sam's secluded cottage was situated in a quaint northern town known as La Laguna.

"It was amazing, but it rained a lot. Didn't matter - it was stunning. It is literally gonna be in my top five places in life, I loved it so much," Jodie Whittaker revealed.

"I've been to the south like as a kid on family holidays and never really realised how much we're missing out by not heading up north. You know Santa Cruz is a brilliant little city too. That's a great thing about this job - you get to live in these incredible places for a little window in your life."

In the series, Bert decides that she wants to steal a famous painting from the Reina Sofía museum in Madrid, where filming actually took place.

"I remember Anne-Marie and I were just walking around the Reina Sofia in the middle of the night, and it was just closed for us," lead director Giulia Gandini recalled.

She then joked: "And we were just wandering around thinking, 'Yeah, we could really steal something right now. We could pull this off.'"

Anne-Marie added: "Also, as well, it's that thing of like, you know, sometimes if you just ask you get. I mean, I wasn't responsible for asking, but it was like, 'They said yeah'. And I was like, 'Alright then. You know we're nicking a painting out of here, don't you?'"

As well as making good use of Spain's stunning landscapes, the team also cast several Spanish actors that "understood the acting and directing style" of the UK-created series.

Frauds will premiere on Sunday 5th October at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX