Season 1 • Episode 5
LatestThe police get through the evidence, the net closes in, and the killer is unmasked.
Acclaimed war journalist Guy Foster finds himself in the company of odd and sinister people after getting engaged to the mysterious Melissa McKensie. Soon, he'll become a suspect in a series of grisly murders and will have to solve them to clear his name.
Acting
Julie Walters devours scenery as possibly-unhinged Paula.
Writing
Bleasdale's dialogue drips with venomous class commentary.
Creator
Alan Bleasdale
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Alan Bleasdale wrote this between GBH and Oliver Twist, channeling his signature working-class rage into bourgeois murder.
The cruise ship setting traps characters in floating British class anxiety — nowhere to escape the performance of respectability.
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