The One to watch
BAD dates, arguments, emotional turmoil – imagine if science could match you with The One to save you the trouble?
That’s the brilliant premise behind this need-to-binge psychological thriller, based on the novel by John Marrs.
The eight-part drama is set in the near future, in a world when a DNA test can find your perfect partner.
As it opens, the CEO of a booming Dna-based matchmaking service, Rebecca Webb, played by Hannah Ware, is giving a talk to incredulous fans.
She says: “A single strand of hair – all it takes to be matched with the one person you are genetically guaranteed to fall in love with. Your one true love. It works. It really works.”
She and partner Ethan, played by Wilf Scolding, then kiss, hold hands and gaze at each other, living, nauseating proof that it all works.
Except that of course, that not everything is as wonderful as it seems.
With curious couples taking DNA tests, marriages are breaking down, a backlash is beginning, and there are sinister undertones throughout – especially when a body is pulled out of the Thames.
Zoe Tapper plays Kate, the Detective Inspector in charge of the case, while Stephen Campbell Moore plays Damian, an investor who’s not averse to a bit of manipulation.
The drama also stars Dimitri Leonidas as co-founder of the matchmaking company and Amir El-masry as James and Rebecca’s best mate Ben.
With everything from crime mystery to relationship drama and a twisting, slightly futuristic plot, this is one to fall in love with.