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The Holiday.

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Calendargirl Tue 01-Mar-22 08:40:14

New 4 part drama starting tonight on Channel 5. Starring Jill Halfpenny in another overwrought performance if her last role was anything to go by. Can’t recall the title, but about a missing child-The Drowning?

I shall probably watch though, as there is a lot of football on other channels.

Daisend1 Fri 04-Mar-22 13:41:05

The book is very entertaining and thoroughly recommend it as I do all books by the same author.

eazybee Fri 04-Mar-22 17:37:32

The wife murdered her husband because he was into bondage in the basement with the au pair who was then convicted; the wife came back to Britain to be Janine.

Calendargirl Fri 04-Mar-22 22:00:54

What with Sheridan Smith in Turkey, and Jill Halfpenny in Malta, next year I think they should all stick to Blackpool!

Another load of absolute nonsense!

eazybee Fri 04-Mar-22 22:09:17

Insultingly dreadful, and how I longed to slap Jill Halfpenny's sour face.
Overwrought indeed.

Chestnut Sun 06-Mar-22 00:03:18

I was happy to reach the end (what an ordeal). That must be the absolute holiday from hell. It made me feel anxious and wound up just watching them. I'm another who didn't like any of them (except the children), They were so wrapped up in their own dramas they neglected the kids, no wonder they were all screwed up. Thank goodness it's over.

Grandma2213 Sun 06-Mar-22 03:11:59

Actually, despite all the suspicions, nobody was having affairs. That is so unusual as in most of the dramas I have watched in the last couple of years they're all at it!

NotAGran55 Sun 06-Mar-22 07:19:58

The audible book was infinitely better imho.

PinkCosmos Mon 07-Mar-22 09:01:25

I haven't read the book but the tv series was a load of rubbish.

People staring about all of the time and the first two and a half episodes having no bearing on the ending.

They could have cut it down to two hours quite easily