WOLF - bbc 1 - 9pm STARTS 31st July - Mon and Tue - TV PACED. NO SPOILERS

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This is tv paced. Sadly all will be on iPlayer - really wish they didn’t do this till all have been shown

Sighs

It’s 6 parts - on Monday and Tue x 3 weeks

Wolf is BBC One’s latest crime thriller offering, and we couldn’t be more excited.

From Happy Valley and Better toInside Man
and Crossfire,
the BBC has wowed us consistently with its recent
thriller (https://www.stylist.co.uk/tag/thriller)
output.

Now, another meaty new drama is on the way and it looks like one we’ll have no problem getting our teeth stuck into.

Wolf is set to be BBC One’s major new crime drama and it’s based on Mo Hayder’s bestselling Jack Caffery novels.
Ukweli Roach (The Midwich Cuckoos (https://www.stylist.co.uk/entertainment/tv/the-midwich-cuckoos-keeley-hawes-sky/513967)) will play DI Jack Caffery, and now that the BBC has unveiled first-look images from the show, we can’t wait for this adaptation
to unfold on the small screen. With that, here’s everything you need to know about
Wolf

The upcoming six-part series will be based on the novels (https://www.stylist.co.uk/tag/novel) of Mo Hayder, who rose to prominence within the crime thriller genre for her terrifying tales and shocking twists.

The BBC drama will blend a cold case (that has a personal connection to the lead detective) with some sinister parallel storylines.

“DI Jack Caffery is a young man searching for himself,” according to the BBC synopsis. “Obsessed with the neighbour he believes murdered his 10-year-old brother in the 90s, Jack finds himself trying to right the wrongs of others, but at what cost?

“In an isolated house in Monmouthshire, the wealthy Anchor-Ferrers family find themselves the victims of a psychopath’s cruel games, trapped and terrorised.

When the two narratives collide, it’s a thrilling, nail-biting and
deeply disturbing race against time.”

As well as Roach leading the cast as Caffery, the cast is jam-packed with familiar faces.
Sacha Dhawan (Doctor Who) and Iwan Rheon (Game Of Thrones (https://stylist.co.uk/tag/game-of-thrones)) will star as Honey and Molina, a pair of mismatched professionals who are forced together on a job.
Sian Reese-Williams (Line Of Duty (https://stylist.co.uk/tag/line-of-duty)) will star as DI Maia Lincoln, a woman with a case to prove; Juliet Stevenson (Bend It Like Beckham) will star as Matilda Anchor-Ferrers, an intelligent yet neurotic housewife; and Owen Teale (Line Of Duty, Game Of Thr
ones) will play Oliver Anchor-Ferrers, Matilda’s wealthy and well-connected husband.

What a load of rubbish. Gruesome and silly. Won't be watching any more.

Well that was … both weird and graphic.

Reminds me of why I never got past the first couple of chapters of The Treatment.

It was too ridiculous to be scary- won’t be watching any more episodes - so poor that I don’t care what happens to any of the characters…..

Is it supposed to be so hammy and clunky?

Oh lovely I'm about to watch now , thank you blondes 🙌

Watched all of the first episode . Will leave that there I think .
Will be finding something else for tomorrow.

Just finished it and within the first 20 mins I KNEW this had a Mo Hayder vibe....I genuinely had no idea it was an adaptation or what it was just on when I'd finished making a brew and it looked intriguing.

I've read most of her Jack Caffrey novels and vaguely remember this one. One of my fave authors aswell as Tess Gerritsen and Stuart Macbride.

The actor playing Caffrey is doing a decent job of portraying the character from the books imo.

I thought it was very good tbf and im glad I can't remember the storyline!!

WTF was that??????

Will try again tomorrow, but not holding any great hope. Shame, cast pretty stellar, just don't have a scobie what's happening and even if it's on the same timeline.

Nice to see Ramsey Snow doing his thing again, with the most recent Master from Dr Who. 🙄

Sounds like @Megifer you are the only one who likes 😂

I enjoyed that! Sounds like I'm the only one that did 🤣.

I presumed it meant to be camp and a bit panto? The lead man is fit aswell 😆.

I know! Im a bit surprised but i don't get chance to watch a lot of series like this so I'm probably a bit easily pleased. Plus I bloody love Mo Hayders books so might be fangirling a bit 😬

How disappointing.

No way is it a psychological thriller

More a low budget hammy horror. Looks like it may be headed into torture porn territory next episode (subtly called "torture")

No more for us...

Yes, "low budget hammy horror" sums it up perfectly!

Disjointed, slow, the girlfriend was just a plot device to highlight his obsession and their relationship was not credible, I spent most of the time wanting that stupid teenager to put the bloody dog down (I get it, the dog is important to the plot, it is white and small I will recognise it next time I see it), and I don’t see torture as entertainment. Not watching any more thanks.

I told DH that episode one is about as much as I am probably going to watch after watching it yesterday and seeing the trailers for the other episodes

I won't be watching anymore. I might have stuck with it had I not seen the trailer for the next episode. It felt like a low budget, old fashioned horror film. Not for me at all!

I've watched all episodes and enjoyed it. There were bits that stretched plot credibility though. Like a family with young children living in Balham in the 90s next door to a known paedophile with a strange hatch in their garden fence, next to their kids treehouse, which led straight into said paedos garden, and nobody doing anything when he kidnapped their kid. That's in the books though I suppose?

I watched this last night and came on here to see if anyone actually liked it. Wasn’t sure what I was watching tbh. Was it supposed to be funny? It was ok until those 2 turned up at the house then went weird.
Was the policeman supposed to be in a new relationship? Not really credible with him up all night in his missing brothers old room.
All very strange.

Loved this last night. Or parts of it. It took me a while to even begin to get the measure of its deliberate weirdness, so at first I kept feeling angry about unrealisms in what I was assuming to be a standard crime drama. Eg the horrible girlfriend wanting the detective to tidy away his dead brother.

The 'police' double act in the mansion subplot was hilariously funny. Love love LOVE Sacha Dhawan.

Also loved Lucy Mangan's funny review of it in the Guardian today:
No, I don’t know what a donkey pitch is. No, it is not explained at any of the approximately 3bn times the phrase is uttered over the six-hour series. ...Yet, as the other wildnesses accumulate around it, ... it becomes a point of stability in an increasingly roiling sea.

Well I really enjoyed it - it was kinda a black comedy and thriller

Jack - the fit leading actor policeman. Lovely eye candy !!

His lying gf. She was out of order

I would have smashed the champagne posh glasses as well for her behaviour. That's sick !!!

Will he find out who killed his brother or he is alive - as no body found

Then the donkey fields murders

Dog with help me on its collar

And the two stores merge

No phone signal. Phone line wires cut. Car not starting

Tho not sure why the Police didn't drive on their drive rather then leave car down the road

I did wonder if they weren't police tbh

Would he really eat cake and drink milk and say that about the woman

It's amazing how you trust someone with a fake badge ........

No one should have to live without answers as the man said whose daughter went missing

Good to see honey - sacha. I liked him in line of duty

Can't wait for tonight's tbh

I loved it , especially the two 'police officers' . When Honey grabbed the slice of cake and shook the carton so ferociously !! It's a dark thriller with some comedy thrown in . worth watching .

Hi fives @butterpuffed

It is

It's funny but creepy

I def didn't think they were real
Coppers and I was right

To be taken with a huge lump of salt ! Hadn't heard of the books , may have to look them up .

Ditto. The books sound good - this is no 7

Weird they filmed 7 and not 1