Simon Pegg & Amanda Abbington have joined C4 thriller Hunting Alice Bell, co-created by David Baddiel. Channel 4 has announced the acquisition and casting of the psychological drama from Clapperboard Studios ( The Ex Wife, The Teacher). The six-part fictional series was created by David Baddiel with Peter Bradshaw. Baddiel serves as lead writer on the show along with Bradshaw, Polly Buckle and Kate Verghese. All episodes will be directed by Paul Walker. Alice Bell is a former nurse, and also the lover, and accomplice, of a notorious anaesthetist serial killer. She is presently living in Britain under a new identity. When, online, Fran Da Silva is accused of being Alice Bell, her happy family life implodes in a wave of mob hate. Then she discovers she’s not the only woman to suffer this fate. Fran and the other accused women band together to fight back and clear their names. But as they battle to prove their innocence, what if one of the group is lying - and is t...