Slow burn start to a spooky thriller

ITV, 9pm LOOKING at this new series on paper, all the stars are aligned for a fantastic drama.

The cast is great: Russell Tovey (Nathan) is always reliable and watchable, and Bertie Carvel (Bob) has left his Doctor Foster smoothy charmer behind to turn into a seriously spooky weirdo.

It’s from the pen of Neil Cross, who created Luther and Hard Sun and wrote the book Burial this is based on.

And it’s a creepily captivating premise – a young woman goes missing and a man seemingly haunted by his involvement then goes on to marry her sister, Holly, keeping his terrible secret hidden.

Un t i l n e w s c o m e s that threatens to reveal everything, but also shakes up the idea of what did actually happen.

Stripping it across the week also makes us think it’s going to be gripping watercooler stuff, as we all try to figure out whodunnit – and, in fact, what they did.

But this first episode doesn’t quite hit the mark of a mustwatch. Perhaps it’s because it only feels like it features three characters, and we don’t really care about them as yet.

Or because there’s a whole lot of flashbacks and flash forwards, and it’s all a bit dark and tricky to keep track of.

Or because we were so distracted by how i ncredibly stylish and beautiful Nathan and Holly ’s house is, and we were wondering how on earth they afforded it on their salaries.

But there’s enough intrigue and strange supernatural angles to convince us to tune in tomorrow for episode two.

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