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      Season 1 – The Drowning

      2021 Mystery & Thriller Drama List
      80% Tomatometer 10 Reviews 30% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings Jodie is a woman with a struggling business and money problems. She has been trying to rebuild her life after the loss of her four year old son, Tom, from drowning eight years ago. His body was never recovered. Ten years later, she is about to pitch a big project for the landscaping firm she owns with her friend Yasmin, when she spots a curly-haired teenager walking to catch the bus to school. He's carrying a guitar and looks exactly like her missing son. Faced with scepticism from her family and the police, she sets out to find the truth. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Buy Now

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      Dorothy Rabinowitz Wall Street Journal Its somewhat uneven storytelling aside, The Drowning emerges as a potent thriller, largely thanks to a stellar cast. Apr 30, 2021 Full Review Deborah Ross The Mail on Sunday (UK) You were propelled forward not so much to find out what did happen to Tom/Daniel, but to discover how this would get out of the many corners it had painted itself into. Rated: 3/5 Feb 8, 2021 Full Review Anita Singh Daily Telegraph (UK) It's a no-nonsense thriller, competently acted by its leads to keep us guessing: Halfpenny plays Jodie as a woman who could equally be deluded by grief or bang on the money; Penry-Jones's character is inscrutable. Rated: 4/5 Feb 3, 2021 Full Review Joel Keller Decider A well-written, well-acted psychological mystery. May 7, 2021 Full Review Glenn Garvin Reason Online The Drowning may sound like a been-there-done-that detective yarn of no particular distinction. But, tightly shot and edited, it's a marvel of efficient story-telling. And Halfpenny gives an absolutely riveting performance. Apr 30, 2021 Full Review Euan Ferguson Observer (UK) The Drowning was a silly watch. Which I really enjoyed. Feb 9, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Dermot R One of the worst programmes I've ever had to endure. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 04/10/23 Full Review khazoo O recognised the actors so automatically thought it would good.......well!....reaffirmed that good old advice - dont judge a book by its cover! What could have been a good plot line that should have slowly unfolded was turned into an unbelievable and disjointed set of unconnected events! complete and utter codswallop from Francesca Brill and Luke Watson! Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/14/23 Full Review Lisa R Good series, really enjoyed it! If I had one complaint it would be Jodie's Mother! Good lord, her acting was atrocious! Was she the tea lady for the cast and stepped in last minute? I don't know who thought she would be a good actress for the part, but the word ‘cardboard' comes to mind watcher her!! It's a shame when just one person ruins the whole show… Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/07/23 Full Review Daniel B Time i will never get back, the story line is horrendously bad, far fetched nonsense. Cant believe i chose to watch this over match of the day. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member It is just so so bad. The storyline starts off a bit mad and then quickly unravels into a series of completely nonsensical scenes which you can tell even the actors aren't buying. A classic Channel 5 series but I cannot believe Netflix bought it. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Absolute codswallop. The writers should be ashamed to have dispensed with any links to procedural accuracy. The script editor should be ashamed for accepting their salary. The director should have stopped filming in order to check that they were really expected to turn such tripe into acceptable television, and the actors, who did their best, might think about getting different agents. Egregiously badly written, when the potential was there to create a drama that was simultaneously an edge of the seat thriller, and heartbreakingly poignant. It failed to rise above being risible. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Episodes

      Episode 1 Aired Feb 1, 2021 Episode 1 Jodie believes a teenager she has seen is her son who has been missing for nine years, and plans to get him back. Details Episode 2 Aired Feb 2, 2021 Episode 2 Jodie uses a private lesson to quiz Daniel about his past; Jodie's family urge her to accept that her son is dead; an incident at school gets them looking deeper into Jodie's background. Details Episode 3 Aired Feb 3, 2021 Episode 3 Jodie makes a plan with Daniel to source him a passport and flee the country for a fresh start, but when she returns from visiting the forgers, Daniel has gone. Details Episode 4 Aired Feb 4, 2021 Episode 4 The confusion around Daniel's identity increases as secrets begin to unfold; someone close will stop at nothing to protect themselves and stop Jodie's hunt for the truth. Details

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      Season Info

      Director
      Carolina Giammetta
      Creator
      Francesca Brill, Luke Watson
      Executive Producer
      Noel Clarke, Jason Maza, Alexandra Stone, Catriona McKenzie
      Network
      Channel 5
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller, Drama
      Original Language
      English (United Kingdom)
      Release Date
      Feb 1, 2021