THE SERIAL KILLERS WIFE. Thur 26 to Sun 29th dec - ch5 - 9pm TV PACE. NO SPOILERS

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The Serial Killer’s Wife is a four-part series starting on Channel 5 and running nightly from Thursday December 26 2024 at 9.pm, finishing on Sunday December 29 2024.

So a good drama treat to tune in on for on Boxing Day

So as on ch 5 you can’t binge it 😛😛😛

The Serial Killer's Wife is a thriller based on the bestselling novel and stars Annabel Scholey, Jack Farthing and Luke Treadaway.

Based on a bestseller, The Serial Killer’s Wife stars The Split’s Annabel Scholey as Beth Fairchild, a woman whose idyllic world falls apart when her husband is arrested for murder.

This suspense-packed thriller series also stars Jack Farthing as Beth’s seemingly straight-laced husband Tom, while Luke Treadaway is Tom’s best friend and Beth’s confidant, Adam.

At first, trusting wife Beth is convinced that her husband has been wrongly accused but, as she delves into his affairs, she begins to wonder how well you can really know the person you love.

The Serial Killer's Wife is set in a picturesque English village, and begins with Beth Fairchild (Annabel Scholey) preparing a surprise birthday party for her husband Tom (Jack Farthing), who is the much-loved local GP.

However, the celebrations come to an abrupt end when the police arrive and, in front of most of the village, arrest Tom for the murder of his former assistant.

Outraged, Beth is convinced of her husband’s innocence but she soon makes some shocking discoveries that make her question her judgment.

As she confides in Tom’s best friend, Adam (Luke Treadaway) Beth realises her perfect life isn’t quite what it seems...

Annabel Scholey leads the cast of The Serial Killer's Wife playing Beth Fairchild, whose husband Tom is accused of murder.

A red-faced Beth believes her husband is innocent, but the longer Tom is held for questioning, the more side-eyes, stares and whispers she must endure around town.

Then, when other deaths are linked to Tom and the Fairchilds’ private lives become headline news, Beth begins to do her own digging into her husband’s past and soon finds herself questioning everything she’s ever known.

Will she stand by her man to protect her family and reputation?

"Beth takes her roles as a mother and a wife very seriously, much like her position in the community," says Annabel Scholey, 39, who also starred in BBC1 drama The Sixth Commandment.

"Appearances are very important to her, so she’s mortified when the police interrupt Tom’s 40th. She loves her husband and will do anything to defend him, for better or worse, but she feels like her life is crumbling.

"Their marriage is very complicated, too. They’re soulmates on many levels, and I think their attraction for each other verges on obsession, but Tom is quite dominating.

Ultimately, Beth has to work out why she’s allowed that to happen and if she’s OK with it.

"I don’t think you’ll guess what’s coming. There are no obvious goodies and baddies, although Beth is a scary part to play. I always think if a script scares you, though, you should do it, and this is exciting, sexy and dangerous."

Recap E 4

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It was worth a watch in the end.

can I ask what was all that about with the body under the shed? Were Adam and Tom living together as students and so presumably then Adam was always a serial killer because that was way before his wife being unfaithful with tom etc etc . So the plan cant have been to frame Tom as revenge for that anyway as non of that had happened which seemed a bit of a glaring plot hole but I presume he was always jealous and wanted whatever Tom had ( hence wanting to stay living in Tom's family home ).
I admired Beth's style and was cheering her on and hoping she would get away with it . Let's hope the most miserable policeman ever ( don't think Angela Griffin cracked a smile once even on the wedding day when telling Beth to enjoy the day ) doesn't spoil it !
And hopefully Beth will avoid men all together going forward because she really could pick em.
I mean anyone can fall in love and marry a serial.killer once buyt to make a habit of it showed v poor judgement !

On yes I never thought about the shed.

Body under shed ?

yes Ella I think it was . She was dug up.under the new shed that was in a garden that Tom had lived in as a student ( I think). So did Adam also Iive there and how did he manage to bury a murdered girl.and put a shed on top.without anyone noticing ?
Like I said glaring plot hole .

Missed that @flapjackfairy 🙀

I wanted to keep watching so that’s a good sign, but I thought it was just ok. Guessed the killer fairly early on.

Also thought that Annabelle Scholey was not a strong enough actor to play lead here. Some seriously ropey bits, especially when crying.

Meh.

Good to see her back in the split though

Agreed.

I thought it was good. Nice twist. Although you'd think she'd maybe want her husband and life back, bit harsh to frame him for murder! (I guess pushing someone off a cliff is a tad harsh too!)

Yes love a twist esp if I didn't see it coming

Definitely twist at the end and was it left open for a sequel?

I think so as policewoman Angela g knows she was lying about the club and knowing the girl

I didn't notice the resemblance until this childhood photo of Catherine popped up on my Facebook

Want her husband back? What? He was a violent, dishonest, cheating sex addict.

Agree though that framing him for murder and then also murdering someone was a bit (excuse the pun) overkill. She could have had Adam sent to prison and then just divorced her husband 🤷‍♀️

They must be making a second season - too many loose ends.

I assume Tom will be released from prison and will go after Beth as revenge.

I hope for a s2 in a year or two

I've just finished this. I had completely missed that Morgana was Maxwells wife!
Yes, I didn't understand her telling Beth about the paternity thing, esp given that Adam allegedly didn't know.

I enjoyed it, especially the plot twists, but it didn't grip me as much as I hoped it would. The best bits for me were tracking Beth's wardrobe and coveting the fabulous coat she wore at the end to visit Tom.

I enjoyed this although I would have preferred her to have gone to the police with the ex's location but also with all the evidence on Adam so that he could be arrested and put away. Is she just going to let someone discover his body and hope everyone thinks he fell off the cliff in a tragic accident? Or that he couldn't live with the things his friend had done and killed himself?

Was he just a proper psychopath who killed women when he had the opportunity or was it all meant to be about being jealous of Tom? So he killed anyone who Tom had an affair with, killed his wife when he discovered her infidelity with Tom and then married Tom's ex because he just wanted everything Tom had? Including his house. Before I learned he was the murderer I thought it was weird he wanted to live in the house that had belonged to the man who (presumed at the time) murdered his wife. But as he was the one who did all the killings I suppose also wanting the big house made sense.

I also thought main woman's accent seemed a bit too posh for someone who grew up poor in a caravan. I know anyone from any walk of life can fall on hard times but her mum didn't have that accent and she's unlikely to have gone to a posh school. So unlikely for her to grow up sounding like she'd been privately educated. So not the actress I would have chosen for that part.

I was quite surprised to see so many interesting looking drama series on My5 so I'm definitely going to try some more. I like the limited amount of episodes too. Some series go on a bit long. After I finished this series I then binge watched Too Good To Be True and enjoyed that too.

Shoving him off the cliff didnt make much sense to me either, as surely cctv somewhere would have caught them on camera together, or caught her at his old house or something. Plus her phone/car could have easily placed her there too

@Iloveagoodnap a lot of those on ch5 I have done threads for if you fancy hunting for them via search

I watched it all this afternoon! Was ironing so something was achieved! It was okay, better than most stuff on C5, but I agree that the lead actress is better in a supporting role.

If they made another series I wouldn’t bother watching though, as it had too many implausible pot holes.

Just finished this and even my husband commented on the ghastly clothes she wore in this! What was going on ?