A serious chill looks set to be sent down viewers' spines this week with the launch of a new drama on Channel 5.
The drama series, which was in production in Ireland right before coronavirus hit last year, focuses on a mother who thinks she has caught a glimpse of her son who went missing nine years ago.
Jill Halfpenny takes the leading role of the mother in question, Jodie, who "commits to a dangerous and transgressive path" after thinking she's spotted her child.
The first episode of The Drowning airs on 9pm and talking about the series, it's executive producer Jason Maza, who also stars in it, said: “We knew we had a fantastic script, so we really wanted a show that felt like we were getting premium talent on the screen.
“I have been a fan of Jill Halfpenny’s for a long time, the work she has done has been consistently brilliant, but I do think her performance in this has blown away all of us. She goes on such a journey and so I think this is up there with her best performances.
“And then with Rupert Penry-Jones I had actually worked with years ago on Silk for the BBC and he has been off in America but he is such a good actor.
“With Jonas Armstrong, again he is someone I have admired for many years and he was so good in The Bay last year and I really wanted to work with him, he was our first choice and we were lucky that the people we wanted said yes.”
The Drowning cast
Jill Halfpenny - Jodie
Jonas Armstrong - Jason
Cody Molko - Daniel
Rupert Penry-Jones - Mark
Deborah Findlay - Lynn
Jade Anouka - Yasmin
Dara Devaney - Ben
Deirdre Mullins - Kate
Babs Olusanmokun - Ade
Rupert Penry-Jones - Mark
Oluwole Jones - Jerzy
Jason Maza - D.S Harvey
Conor Mullen - Mr. McKenzie
Sarah Jane Seymour - Rebecca
The Drowning will air over consecutive nights on Channel 5 this week. There are four episodes in total.
There's been a lot of excitement on Twitter, with one TV fan tweeting: "Looking forward to The Drowning tonight channel 5," and another posting: "Me looking for a new thriller show and realising my prayers have been answered..."
