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THE CASTAWAYS C5 9pm - sun 26-thur 30 - TV PACE NO SPOILERS

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Blondeshavemorefun · 19/01/2025 18:14

New 5 part drama starts next sun 26 Jan

For 5 nights consecutive

If there’s one thing Sheridan Smith is sure to do, it’s deliver a standout performance.

We do love a SS drama here on telly addicts 😂

From her gut-wrenching portrayal of grief in BBC One’s Four Lives (www.stylist.co.uk/entertainment/four-lives-episode-three-review/607622) to her hilarious cameos as Smithy’s sister Rudi in Gavin And Stacey (www.stylist.co.uk/tag/gavin-and-stacey),

we know the Bafta-winning actor is sure to rise to the occasion. No wonder that we’re seriously excited for her upcoming thriller series.

Smith and Céline Buckens (Showtrial (www.stylist.co.uk/tag/showtrial)) star as sisters in
The Castaways
, a new Paramount+ drama series based on Lucy Clarke’s bestselling novel.

Here’s everything to know so far, including the newly released trailer for the series

After a huge fight on holiday, Lori (Smith) boards a plane to Fiji, while Erin (Buckens) does not.

The flight never arrives at its destination and months later, no wreckage has been located.

But Erin refuses to believe that her sister is gone.

When Erin learns that Lori’s credit card has been used on a remote Fijian island and later recognises the plane’s pilot on CCTV, she boards a plane to Fiji to track down the truth. Sounds dark and intriguing.

As well as Smith and Buckens, the series also features Brendan Cowell (Avatar: The Way Of Water) as pilot Mike Brasse, Dominic Tighe (The Boys In The Boat) as fellow passenger Daniel Eldridge, Lasarus Ratuere (The Tourist (www.stylist.co.uk/entertainment/tv/the-tourist-bbc-one-2/765846)) as Felix Vatuba and Charlotte Vega (Burial) as Amber Gordon.

On the series, author Lucy Clarke said it “promises to be an incredible adaptation; the scriptwriting
is electric, and Sheridan and Céline are perfectly cast as Lori and Erin”.

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Blondeshavemorefun · 28/01/2025 22:50

E3 recap

https://reelmockery.com/the-castaways-series-1-episode-3-recap/

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Blondeshavemorefun · 28/01/2025 22:51

SabrinaThwaite · 28/01/2025 21:51

Amazing how Ambre / Amber has miraculously recovered from a broken leg with an open wound that had to be reset in a matter of days.

I read the book and quite enjoyed it, but this is way off the original and going to a whole new level of ridiculousness.

It’s so rare they do the film like the book

annoys me

if the book is good enough to film then follow the story

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SabrinaThwaite · 28/01/2025 23:23

Blondeshavemorefun · 28/01/2025 22:51

It’s so rare they do the film like the book

annoys me

if the book is good enough to film then follow the story

Exactly. It’s just got very silly now.

purpleme12 · 29/01/2025 00:34

It is a bit ridiculous but hey ho

GrandTheftWalrus · 29/01/2025 00:52

Keep watching. It gets more ridiculous.

Blondeshavemorefun · 29/01/2025 07:31

That’s ch5 though

pure fromage

but I love it

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daffodilandtulip · 29/01/2025 08:31

So my theory is that the pilot is into something dodgy so deep that he faked the plane crash to fake his own death, so had to leave the others there to make everyone believe the plane is under the sea.

Is the sister now lost on a different island?!

friendlycat · 29/01/2025 09:18

daffodilandtulip · 29/01/2025 08:31

So my theory is that the pilot is into something dodgy so deep that he faked the plane crash to fake his own death, so had to leave the others there to make everyone believe the plane is under the sea.

Is the sister now lost on a different island?!

Yes Mike is a wrong un. I think something similar.

Blondeshavemorefun · 29/01/2025 10:06

why say the others are alive. He doesn’t know that

yes they survived the crash but it’s been months. They now may be dead

but think he didn’t mention the bloke who said that Felix should go - wavy blonde bloke

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Whereislove25 · 29/01/2025 20:54

I thought the first episode was silly and not that gripping, but I’ve just watched 2&3 back to back as I missed them on Mon/Tues - it is ridiculously far fetched, but I am enjoying it and want to watch more 😂

I am so intrigued as to whether everyone is alive.

Did Mike really sail for weeks on that pontoon thing they made?!!

I bet he stole the lighter too. I am getting the feeling he wanted to survive but didn’t want others to.

I also want to why the air hostess said “I knew I shouldn’t have gone along with this” at the beginning of episode 2. Something very dodgy going on.

Blondeshavemorefun · 29/01/2025 21:10

Is she trying to suffocate the baby

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Blondeshavemorefun · 29/01/2025 21:10

So all happy couples now ?

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Blondeshavemorefun · 29/01/2025 21:11

Least she’s walking with a limp

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Blondeshavemorefun · 29/01/2025 21:13

Live on a desert island not knowing if might not eat or drink some days

or go home

course anyone sane would want to go home if got rescued ffs

she just wants to stay as her man is married

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SabrinaThwaite · 29/01/2025 21:14

I wondered what had happened to Sonny, he seemed to disappear after the crocodile incident.

Blondeshavemorefun · 29/01/2025 21:17

Oh amber

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purpleme12 · 29/01/2025 21:17

Well this is strange

crumblingschools · 29/01/2025 21:18

How do they have fire now?

SabrinaThwaite · 29/01/2025 21:22

crumblingschools · 29/01/2025 21:18

How do they have fire now?

Maybe someone discovered their inner Boy Scout?

Whereislove25 · 29/01/2025 21:22

Wow this is just bonkers!

Their camp looks pretty luxurious to me, and they’re all so well kept!!

friendlycat · 29/01/2025 21:23

Blondeshavemorefun · 29/01/2025 21:17

Oh amber

As if the silly cow would have done that. Ffs this is ludicrous but obviously I’m watching 👀

Whereislove25 · 29/01/2025 21:25

friendlycat · 29/01/2025 21:23

As if the silly cow would have done that. Ffs this is ludicrous but obviously I’m watching 👀

I mean her leg was about to fall off but she wanted to stay on the island to “find herself” 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

purpleme12 · 29/01/2025 21:27

😂

friendlycat · 29/01/2025 21:32

Ok we know who Mr Eldridge is.

Whereislove25 · 29/01/2025 21:38

So I am thinking the guy who now has a beard and was “with Amber” set the whole thing up with Mike. They’re both dodgy characters. Mike wanted to crash the plane on the bigger island which he’s on right now and that’s why he had all of the food, supplies and the boat etc there.

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