SATURDAY 08 OCTOBER
Drama
Afterlife
9:10pm - 10:10pm
ITV1 London
VIDEO Plus+: 950779
Subtitled, Widescreen
Episode written by Stephen Volk
3/6 - Daniel One and Two
What this spooky drama series lacks in content, it more than makes up for with its taut style. Tonight's episode, for instance, focuses on Daniel, a teenage lad who believes "Daniel 2" keeps physically attacking him and doing bad things, such as stab his girlfriend. The doctors reckon Daniel is schizophrenic, while clairvoyant Alison Munday (Lesley Sharp) believes he is really being tormented by the spirit of some long dead person. That she's right is no surprise. It is called Afterlife not Psychiatric Life, after all. But that doesn't matter. It's the way the story is told that's so spine-tinglingly tense.
RT reviewer: Jane Rackham
Alison Mundy - Lesley Sharp
Robert Bridge - Andrew Lincoln
Barbara Sinyard - Kate Duchene
Sheila Rabey - Saskia Reeves
Josh Joshua - David Kennedy
Daniel Rabey - Nicholas Shaw
Chris Rabey - Steven Elder
Frankie Johnson - Joanna Orton
Dr Sharma - Badria Timimi
Minister of Tea - John Owens
Lucy - Pameli Benham
Daniel Two - Rhodri Meilir
Wardrobe man - James Anderson
Jigsaw woman - Sarah Buckland