Thirteen year old Swindon actress Sarah Hollis has been exploring one possible scenario for the future through a new thirteen part series for Children's ITV which starts on 10 January.

Called Life Force, the drama is set in 2025 when the planet has been ravaged by environmental catastrophe. Runaway global warming has melted the ice caps and flooded the planet. In Britain, the south is under water and the once picturesque Lake District has become the Cumbrian Sea. The country is ruled by a new Federal government which operates a ruthless enforcement agency known as The Commission. Scientists have been blamed for causing The Drowning and must now work in secret.

But on tiny Black Combe Island in the Western String, where the Cumbrian Mountains once stood, survivors have founded a school to teach a new generation of scientists. Sarah plays Mai Li Cheung, one of three youngsters who have been given telepathic gifts through genetic engineering. Their task is to help scientists restore the damaged planet, but they have to do it against the evil intents of The Commission.

Filming on location in Bolton and Scotland took four months and Sarah had a personal tutor to ensure she did not fall behind her classmates at Ridgeway School. Sarah is a student of well known Swindon drama teacher Julia Dickinson.

The programme also stars Coronation Street heart-throb Paul Fox, and Julia Haworth, soon to be seen in Peak Practice. Life Force will be shown on Mondays at 4.35pm with repeats the following Sundays at 10am.

Life Force web site: www.life-force.co.uk