The Holiday
Channel 5, Tuesday 1 March to Friday 4 March, 9pm
Strictly 2004 winner and accomplished actress Jill Halfpenny (Eastenders) stars in this drama based on the bestselling book by TM Logan, which airs nightly this week. Policewoman Kate (Halfpenny) goes on a luxury family holiday to Malta with husband Sean, teen daughter Lucy (Lara Mcdonnell, Artemis Fowl) and her young son Daniel, plus the families of two old university pals, their friend Izzy, and dysfunctional teen Jake. Everything goes awry, though, when Kate discovers that Sean has been receiving texts from “Coralgirl”, which makes her think he’s having an affair. To put an even bigger crimp on her vacation, there’s something weird going on between Lucy and Jake. Turns out that people will go pretty far to hide secrets, even resorting to – gulp – murder. ★★★★