Flood mystery runs deep
Cop Joanna believes there’s more to a death in a flooded car park
AFTER THE FLOOD
UTV, 9pm
GIVEN the devastating floods here right now, this four-parter is hugely timely.
Just a few days ago, hero Liam Stych leapt into a river to rescue a mum and child from a car dragged under a footbridge in Birmingham.
And that is pretty much exactly how this gripping drama begins as a man jumps into deep waters to save a mother and baby.
The Nest actor Sophie Rundle leads a starry cast, including Philip Glenister, Lorraine Ashbourne, Jonas Armstrong and Nicholas Gleaves.
She plays PC Joanna Marshall, an officer dedicated to her community who wants to make a difference.
She’s ambitious and yearns to become a detective, but now she’s become pregnant, her overprotective husband is desperate slow down.
After a flash flood devastates the town, the drama heads into thriller territory when an unidentified man is found dead in a lift in an underground car park.
Police assume he was trapped as the waters rose.
But as the investigation unfolds, PC Marshall becomes obsessed with discovering what happened to him
for her
THE REPAIR SHOP
BBC1, 8pm
Four more precious heirlooms are brought in for an emotional makeover.
Steph and her mum Alex entrust ceramics conservator Kirsten with a shattered ceramic poppy that reminds the women of their beloved father and husband Pete.
The red poppy was created for the momentous 2014 art installation at the Tower of London to commemorate the centenary of the First World War.
Pete, who was extremely proud of
Presenter Jay Blades
to and why. As the mystery deepens, we see the real impact of climate change on the lives of residents in this small town. The floods also threaten to expose secrets, while fortunes and reputations are at stake.
Sophie says she thoroughly enjoyed the dramatic scenes, adding: “I’ve done a lot of corsets and a lot of holding babies and mooning after someone in the background. To do stunts was so exciting.”
his two children in the military, managed to buy one of the sea of 888,246 handmade ceramic poppies.
After Pete tragically died of a rare blood disease in 2017, Alex decided to move it inside from the garden for safekeeping, and it broke into pieces in her hands.
Also in the magical barn, a barber brings in a vintage tool of the trade – a 1950s hot towel machine that has seemingly run out of steam.
A wall clock’s chime has been silenced, and a portrait of a lost sister will bring tears to the eyes.