The series is produced by
Gaumont and Moonage Productions. Gina Carter is producer with Moonage’s Matthew Read and Frith Triplady, and Gaumont's Alison Jackson as executive producers. Armitage, Varma, Murphy and Shah were cast in spring 2022 when the production had the working title
Damage. It was co-written by
Morgan Lloyd Malcolm and Benji Walters and based on the book
Damage by
Josephine Hart. The novel was adapted into the 1992 film
Damage starring
Juliette Binoche,
Miranda Richardson and
Jeremy Irons. Richardson's performance garnered her the
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Glenn Leyburn and
Lisa Barros D'Sa were directors on the series. Filming locations included a set at
Twickenham Film Studios. The four-part series has been described as an ‘erotic thriller’. Discussing the sex scenes within the project Lloyd Malcolm told
Zoe Williams of
The Guardian that “The book is so particular about the kind of sex they’re having and the way they do it and how that feeds into their relationship.” She added that “it has to be quite a vanilla version of kink, because it’s mainstream TV” but it “was really important to me to not be saying anything like: ‘BDSM sex is bad sex,’” ==Broadcast==