The Drowning (TV series)

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. His body was never recovered. Ten years later, she glimpses a boy who looks just like an older version of her missing son. Faced with scepticism from her family and the police, she sets out to find the truth.

• Jill Halfpenny{{Cite web |last=Carr |first=Flora |date=2021-01-31 |title=The Drowning's Jill Halfpenny: 'By the time I finished the show, I had an emotional hangover' |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/jill-halfpenny-the-drowning-big-rt-interview/ |access-date=2021-05-05 |website=Radio Times |language=en-GB}} as Jodie Walsh
• Jonas Armstrong{{Cite news |last=Chilton |first=Louis |date=2021-02-01 |title=Jonas Armstrong's best roles before The Drowning |language=en |work=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/the-drowning-jonas-armstrong-channel-5-brother-b1795896.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/the-drowning-jonas-armstrong-channel-5-brother-b1795896.html |archive-date=18 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=2021-05-05}} as Jason Walsh
• Cody Molko as Daniel Tanner
• Rupert Penry-Jones as Mark Tanner
• Deborah Findlay as Lynn Walsh
• Jade Anouka as Yasmin
• Dara Devaney as Ben Gilmore
• Babs Olusanmokun as Ade
• Deirdre Mullins as Kate Gilmore

The Drowning was filmed in and around Dublin, Ireland.{{Cite web |date=2021-02-01 |title=The Drowning filming locations: Where was the Channel 5 drama filmed? |url=https://www.heart.co.uk/showbiz/tv-movies/the-drowning-filming-locations-channel-5/ |access-date=2021-05-05 |website=Heart FM |language=en-GB}}

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|EpisodeNumber = 1

|Title = Episode One

|DirectedBy = Carolina Giammetta

|WrittenBy = Francesca Brill and Luke Watson

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|02|01|df=y}}

|Viewers = 6.10

|ShortSummary = While driving on her way to see a client for a crucial pitch, Jodie sees teenager Daniel boarding a bus. She is convinced she has found her missing son who drowned eight years earlier and whose body was never found. She contacts the police who refuse to follow up and she sets about on a quest to find him.

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|EpisodeNumber = 2

|Title = Episode Two

|DirectedBy = Carolina Giammetta

|WrittenBy = Francesca Brill, Luke Watson and Tim Dynevor

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|02|02|df=y}}

|Viewers = 5.57

|ShortSummary = Jodie begins tutoring Daniel privately at his home in order to enable her to search for evidence that he is her missing son. An interruption from Mark prevents her from investigating any further.

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|EpisodeNumber = 3

|Title = Episode Three

|DirectedBy = Carolina Giammetta

|WrittenBy = Francesca Brill, Luke Watson and Tim Dynevor

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|02|03|df=y}}

|Viewers = 5.16

|ShortSummary = Jodie gets Daniel to take a DNA test and makes arrangements to obtain him a passport so they can flee the country for a fresh start. When Jodie returns home from visiting the forgers, Daniel is nowhere to be found but he leaves a note to say he will see her the following day.

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|EpisodeNumber = 4

|Title = Episode Four

|DirectedBy = Carolina Giammetta

|WrittenBy = Tim Dynevor

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|02|04|df=y}}

|Viewers = 5.34

|ShortSummary = The confusion around Daniel's identity begins to increase significantly as secrets begin to unfold. Someone close to Jodie will stop at nothing and is intent on protecting themselves, and stopping Jodie's hunt for the truth. Jodie has no option but to face what happened during the drowning incident at the scene where it all took place.

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Flora Carr reviewing on behalf of the Radio Times gave the first episode three stars out of five and described it as “A predictable yet gripping thriller about a grieving mother”,{{Cite web |last=Carr |first=Flora |date=2021-02-01 |title=The Drowning review: A predictable yet gripping thriller about a grieving mother |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/the-drowning-review-channel-5/ |access-date=2021-05-05 |website=Radio Times |language=en-GB}} while Katie Rosseinsky reviewing on behalf of Evening Standard rated the first episode three stars out of five and acknowledged, “Jill Halfpenny is compelling as a grieving mother in this gripping thriller”.{{Cite news |last=Rosseinsky |first=Katie |date=2021-02-03 |title=The Drowning: Jill Halfpenny is compelling in this gripping thriller |language=en |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/tvfilm/the-drowning-channel-5-review-b918190.html |access-date=2021-05-05}} The Telegraph review by Anita Singh reported “Yes, it's not remotely credible but The Drowning is a no-nonsense thriller that keeps you guessing” and gave the first episode four out of five stars,{{Cite news |last=Singh |first=Anita |date=2021-02-01 |title=Yes, it's not remotely credible but The Drowning is a no-nonsense thriller that keeps you guessing |language=en-GB |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2021/02/01/yes-not-remotely-credible-drowning-no-nonsense-thriller-keeps/ |access-date=2021-05-05 |issn=0307-1235}} the same rating as Lucy Mangan gave it in The Guardian.{{Cite news |last=Mangan |first=Lucy |date=2021-02-01 |title=The Drowning review: Mistaken identity – or a shocking mystery? |language=en |work=The Guardian |url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/feb/01/the-drowning-review-mistaken-identity-or-a-shocking-mystery |access-date=2021-05-05}}

The Drowning bypassed All Creatures Great and Small to become Channel 5's highest rated show since 1 September 2020. Using BARB's consolidated ratings for programmes watched live and on catch-up services (within 28 days), The Drowning is their most popular broadcast ever, with the episode on 1 February 2021 now getting 6.10 million viewers and the other three episodes getting more than 5 million viewers, per initial broadcast.{{Cite web |date=13 February 2021 |title=28-DAY RATINGS: 01-07 FEBRUARY 2021 |url=https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/28dayratings-01february |website=TVZoneUK}}

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Category:2021 British television series debuts

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Category:British thriller television series

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