24’s Kiefer Sutherland is back on TV in another taut, fast-paced thriller, but this time around he’s not the good guy foiling terrorists – instead he’s a corporate spy who finds himself framed for murder.

In the eight part series Rabbit Hole, 56-year-old Sutherland plays John Weir, a man who plans elaborate espionage plots to help businesses get the upper hand in negotiations. However, he finds himself embroiled in a deadly conspiracy that leads to friends dying and John on the run, determined to clear his name.

Sutherland was first drawn to the new TV project when he spoke to series creators John Requa and Glenn Ficara, before a script had even been written.

“They started referencing seventies thrillers like Three Days Of The Condor, The Parallax View, All The President’s Men and Marathon Man,” Sutherland says in an exclusive interview with Digital Spy.