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American air stewardess Cassie Bowden leads a carefree, booze-fuelled life, but it’s about to come crashing down spectacularly. A romp on a plane with a first-class passenger leads to a murder mystery involving the FBI and CIA in Sky’s new Golden Globe-nominated comedydrama The Flight Attendant.

Cassie’s world turns upside down after she catches the eye of suave Alex Sokolov on a flight to Bangkok and the pair hit the town after landing. In the morning she wakes up in a hotel bed next to Alex, who’s dead having had his throat cut.

‘She remembers spending time with him on the flight, and drinking the night away in Bangkok and making love – but then nothing,’ says Kaley Cuoco, who plays Cassie. ‘She has to find out what happened in that hotel room and escape a possible murder charge.’

But her immediate priority is to get out of Thailand without arousing suspicion. ‘After phoning her lawyer friend Annie, she realises how much trouble she’s in, so she dumps all evidence of her time in the hotel room and heads to Bangkok airport, before Alex’s body is discovered by cleaners,’ explains Kaley, who starred as Penny in hit sitcom The Big Bang Theory.

‘Cassie’s colleague Megan is used to her erratic behaviour because of her heavy drinking, but she seems even more detached from her duties than normal on the next leg of their journey. And when, on arrival back in the USA, Cassie learns that two FBI officers are there to interview all the stewards from the flight out to Bangkok, she panics and tries to evade them…’

But as she’s being investigated, Cassie starts doing her own digging around after remembering having drinks with Alex’s business associate Miranda (Michelle Gomez, who played evil Missy in Doctor Who).

The truth behind Alex’s murder emerges over the course of the eight-part series in a thrilling plot that involves corporate espionage, illegal weapons and North Korea.

The Flight Attendant is truly Kaley’s baby. She bought the

rights to Chris Bohjalian’s 2018 novel of the same name with the aim of developing it for TV. It’s the kind of bigbudget gamble Kaley could take after earning $1 million per episode during the latter stages of her 12 years on The Big Bang Theory. ‘I read the first line of the novel synopsis and a chill went up my spine,’ remembers Kaley. ‘I just knew

Cassie was the great female character I’d been searching for after The Big Bang Theory and bought the rights to the novel.

‘I think that receiving Golden Globe nominations – for both myself and for the series – has justified that decision!’

The Flight Attendant, Friday, 9pm, Sky One and NOW TV.

CASSIE BOWDEN (Kaley Cuoco) She enjoys a party lifestyle, even when at work, but her heavy drinking causes problems. ALEX SOKOLOV (Michiel Huisman) The handsome first-class passenger hits it off with Cassie during a flight to Bangkok. But what’s he hiding?