Overview
- The six-episode adaptation premieres on Channel 5 at 9pm on Monday 14 September and will air the first three episodes on consecutive nights with the remaining three shown the following week.
- Amy Nuttall leads the cast as Carol Crottie and is joined by Douglas Henshall, Denise Welch, Lewis Cope, Jenny Walser, Kevin Whately and others in a confirmed ensemble.
- Producers and cast say the screen version makes deliberate changes from Graham Norton’s novel, including relocating the setting from Ireland to Northumberland and adding extra twists that alter key aspects of the central mystery.
- Douglas Henshall has spoken about a personal connection to his role as Robert, describing family experience of dementia and the production’s care in portraying its varied, often painful effects on memory and relationships.
- Filming took place across the North East, with Hexham and other local sites doubling for the fictional town of Allentown, and the regional shoot and premiere in Newcastle were used to highlight the series’ local cast and crew ties.