Overview

• The Game, a four-part Channel 5 thriller, premiered on May 12, with episodes airing nightly through May 15 at 9 pm.
• Jason Watkins stars as Huw Miller, a retired detective haunted by an unsolved stalker case, while Robson Green plays his enigmatic new neighbor, Patrick Harbottle.
• The series, set in the Basque Country and filmed in Bilbao and Vitoria, explores themes of obsession and psychological manipulation in a cat-and-mouse narrative.
• Initial audience reactions have been divided, with some praising the tension and performances, while others criticized the pacing and tone as slow or unengaging.
• This marks Robson Green’s first appearance in a Channel 5 drama, joining returning stars Jason Watkins and Sunetra Sarker in the cast.