Fresh from stellar turns on Peaky Blinders and Black Mirror's dating episode 'Hang the DJ', Joe Cole has landed a major role in new Channel 4 drama Pure.

The six-part series follows a woman's struggle with 'pure O' – a form of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) that takes the form of unseen mental rituals and intrusive sexual thoughts.

In it, the John Shelby actor will play the role of recovering porn addict Charlie, opposite lead Charly Clive as OCD-sufferer Marnie.

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The series follows Marnie's move from a small village to London to find out what is wrong with her, leading to her unwittingly discovering a whole new world.

Cole's fellow Black Mirror stars Anthony Welsh and Kiran Sonia Sawar will play boy-next-door Joe and Marnie's eccentric old school-friend Shereen respectively, while Niamh Algar (Without Name) has been cast as confident ladies' woman Amber.

Arabella Weir, Ewan Stewart, Olive Gray, Tori Allen-Martin and Jacob Collins-Levy are also set to star in the series.

Adapted from Rose Cartwright's biography of the same name, Pure will be directed by Aneil Karia (Lovesick) and Alicia MacDonald (Taxing).

Meanwhile, Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight recently opened up about John Shelby's future on the show (warning: big season four spoilers in that link).

Pure will air on Channel 4.

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