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Finding Alice

17 January, 9pm ITV Drama All six episodes will be available on ITV Hub and Britbox after the first ep airs

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Keeley Hawes stars as Alice, who’s left devastated when her builder partner Harry (Jason Merrells) has a fatal accident after moving into their dream home. This six-part drama then sees Alice having to parent teen daughter Charlotte (Isabella Pappas) while discoverin­g many unsettling secrets about her dead partner. Joanna Lumley, Nigel Havers, Kenneth Cranham, Gemma Jones and Sharon Rooney also star.

Moving into a swanky new ‘smart’ home is a dream come true for Alice Dillon, her partner Harry and their daughter, Charlotte.

Lovingly built by Harry (Jason Merrells) himself, the unique abode comes equipped with voice-activated controls and disguised doorways, as well as a fancy floating staircase, which tragically becomes a death trap when Alice

(Keeley Hawes) finds Harry dead at the bottom of it.

FINDING ALICE Sunday, 9pm ITV Drama All six episodes will be available on ITV Hub and Britbox after the first episode airs on ITV

Plunged into a world of grief, Alice discovers that her darling partner of 20 years has left behind a trail of debts, secrets and suspicion. But how will she uncover the truth when she can’t even find the fridge or flush the loo? ‘Alice is very reliant on

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Harry,’ explains Honour and Bodyguard star Keeley.

‘He’s been the breadwinne­r while she’s lived a lovely family existence, so his death is like a grenade going off.’

The six-part drama follows Alice’s blackly comic journey of love, loss and self-discovery.

‘Alice must now find out who she is, but she’s left with a lot of questions and her life unravels,’ reveals Keeley.

The police come calling, along with Harry’s parents, Minnie and Gerry (Gemma Jones and Kenneth Cranham), and her own mum and dad,

Sarah and

Roger (Joanna

Lumley and Nigel

Havers), who awkwardly lend support.

‘There’s friction between Alice and her mother because they’re quite alike,’ says Keeley.

Keeley reunited with The Durrells’ director Roger Goldby and writer Simon Nye to coproduce the drama.

‘Keeley, Simon and I share a similar sense of humour and we didn’t want to tell a miserable story,’ says Roger. ‘There are laughs in the show, right next door to death, pain and loss.’

 ??  ?? Grieving… What will Charlotte (left) and mum Alice learn
about Harry (inset)?
Grieving… What will Charlotte (left) and mum Alice learn about Harry (inset)?
 ??  ?? Harry’s parents... Gerry and Minnie
Happy families..? (From left) Sarah, Roger,
Charlotte and Alice
Partner... Jason Merrells plays Harry
Harry’s parents... Gerry and Minnie Happy families..? (From left) Sarah, Roger, Charlotte and Alice Partner... Jason Merrells plays Harry

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