ITV1 TONIGHT DRAMA _____"THE CHILDREN" with Kevin Whately &&& Lesley Sharp

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The Children Monday 01 September
9:00pm - 10:00pm
ITV1 London
1/3
There are eerie echoes of the real-life murder of Billie-Jo Jenkins in Lucy Gannon's new three-part ITV1 thriller, when a child is found murdered on the patio of her family home and those that are supposed to care for her come under suspicion. But this is more than just a murder mystery. Gannon casts her net wide to look at how children can get lost in marital break-ups and how moving on to new loves can make adults selfish. Kevin Whately is a headmaster who's dumped his wife (Lesley Sharp) to move in with a younger woman (Geraldine Somerville) and her small daughter. But, caught between his mother's anger and his father's preoccupation with his new family, Whately's teenage son falls through the cracks. As you would expect with the accomplished Gannon at the helm, The Children is a taut, chilling, almost ruthlessly involving story. Told in flashback from the moment the child's body is found, the awfulness of the death is both horribly real and very visceral.

RT reviewer - Alison Graham
VIDEO Plus+: 3826
Subtitled, Widescreen, Audio-described
Cast
Cameron - Kevin Whately
Sue - Geraldine Somerville
Emily - Sinead Michael
Sheila - Francine Morgan
Mary - Georgia Henshaw
Jack - Freddie Boath
Anne - Lesley Sharp
Nicky - Rachael Elizabeth
Kelly - Amy Beth Hayes
Polly - Anna Madeley
Paul - Ian Puleston-Davies
Natasha - Kate Ashfield
Peter - Owen Teale
Becca - Sadhbha Bolger
PC Cardigan - Pascale Burgess
PC Rook - Simon Trinder
PC Yearsley - Karen Bryson
Primary teacher - Regina Freedman
Radio producer - Paul Ireland

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Oh this is the best drama I've seen in a long time - thanks for reminder.

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The Children Monday 08 September
9:00pm - 10:00pm
ITV1 London
2/3
Lucy Gannon's intelligent thriller continues as the families involved start to implode. The catalyst is eight-year-old Emily, an essentially sweet little girl who, caught in the vortex of her parents' collapsed marriage and her mother's new relationship, starts to manipulate those around her. As the series is told in flashback, we know that Emily is murdered and found dead on the patio of her family home. There are plenty of suspects and all of them are close to her in some way. Gannon is masterly when it comes to playing with our loyalties, evoking sympathy one minute, anger the next as Emily's lies grow in size and impact, until she utters a dreadful untruth that has far-reaching ramifications. This is good, adult stuff that brilliantly combines believable and often unpleasant characters, emotional punch and a murder mystery.

RT reviewer - Alison Graham
VIDEO Plus+: 7359
Subtitled, Widescreen, Audio-described
Episode written by Lucy Gannon

Cast
Cameron - Kevin Whately
Sue - Geraldine Somerville
Emily - Sinead Michael
Anne - Lesley Sharp
Sheila - Francine Morgan
Paul - Ian Puleston-Davies
Mary - Georgia Henshaw
Jack - Freddie Boath
Polly - Anna Madeley
Natasha - Kate Ashfield
Peter - Owen Teale
PC Warrior - Andrew Brooke
PC Yearsley - Karen Bryson
PC Rook - Simon Trinder
PC Cardigan - Pascale Burgess
DS Bliss - Michael Begley
DC Horton - Leanne Lakey
Social worker - Sarah Malin
Primary teacher - Regina Freedman

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upsetting tonight.

very good though. I wonder what happens in the last program and who killed her and if she is lying or not?

God I feel so sorry for Jack.That babysitter girl is dreadful,would never let her near a child!
The adults are so selfish,I could slap them all.

me too, especially last week when jack was crying into his pillow

I reckon that jack and the babysitter start going out and she finds out what emily has been saying about jack and she is the one that kills her !!!!!!!!