PICK OF TODAY’S TV

THE CATCH, 9PM, CH5

IF YOU enjoyed last year’s Ch5 drama The Holiday with Jill Halfpenny, tune in to this four-part psychological mystery, which is adapted from a novel by the same writer, T.M. Logan. It’s set on the south-west coast, where we meet a man on rocky straits, played by the rather brilliant Jason Watkins — an actor who can appear lost and defiant in a single look. He plays fisherman Ed Collier, and the drama doesn’t hang about, painting a picture of Ed as a man on the edge, under pressure from multiple fronts. Not only is his business struggling, but Ed is also haunted by the harrowing death of his son 15 years previously. His daughter, Abbie, has a new boyfriend, Ryan, and the wildly overprotective Ed is instantly suspicious of this rich and handsome stranger. It’s clear that Ed is only moments away from well and truly losing the plot — but what is he hiding? And surely Ryan is too good to be true? The cast is impressive all round, with Oscarwinner Brenda Fricker as Ed’s motherin-law, and rising stars Poppy Gilbert (from last year’s BBC drama Chloe) and Anuerin Barnard (from Dunkirk and Netflix’s 1899 — pictured far right with Gilbert and Watkins) as Ryan.