Sam Riley has signed on to star in a new BBC thriller from the writers of Skyfall.

Penned by Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, SS-GB will be based on Len Deighton's book of the same name, according to Radio Times.

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Riley will lead as Douglas Archer, a detective superintendent investigating a murder.

The five-part miniseries is set in an alternate world where the United Kingdom is occupied by Germany during the Second World War.

Purvis and Wade said: "Len Deighton's SS-GB is a brilliant tale of espionage that dares to think the unthinkable, and we are very excited to be adapting it for television."

Riley has previously featured in Control, Brighton Rock, On the Road and Maleficent.