The Drowning might not be completely solved yet.
Earlier this month, Channel 5 aired a four-part drama series with former
EastEnders star Jill Halfpenny as a woman haunted by the drowning death of her young son.
The trauma of Jodie s past opened the door to an intriguing mystery, which Halfpenny has hinted could be revisited in a potential second series due to its ratings success for the channel. I think if they [writers Francesca Brill, Luke Watson and Tim Dynevor] had a story and they had an idea, it could totally be like
The Missing, she revealed during an interview on
The Disappearance: There are six episodes (Image: WGN America)
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Fans will be pleased to hear there is plenty more drama to come as the series is made up of six episodes.
The episodes air weekly on Saturdays, at 9pm on the channel 5STAR and fans are able to catch up on My5 if they miss an episode.
Each episode has been given its own title, with episode two called The Tree, and it sees the investigation uncover family secrets.
The third episode, called Sacrifice, will then air on February 20 at the same time of 9pm.
Episode four is called Treasure Hunt, episode five Burial Grounds and the season finale is titled Redemption.
Thursday, 4th February 2021 at 10:01 pm
Channel 5’s The Drowning concluded tonight, as we finally learnt the truth behind the connection between Jodie (Jill Halfpenny leading The Drowning cast) and teenager Daniel – and what happened to Jodie’s young son, Tom, who went missing at a lake nine years ago.
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Drowning episode four
Episode four began with a flashback to the day when Jodie’s son Tom went missing, with shots of divers looking at the bottom of the lake.
In the present-day, Daniel’s father Mark (Rupert Penry-Jones) is seen in handcuffs, following The Drowning episode three’s revelation that Daniel is a genetic match with Jodie – meaning that he is her son, Tom, and not Mark’s child.
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She also makes the heartbreaking discovery it was in fact her brother, Jason (Jonas Armstrong), who caused Tom s accidental death nine years prior.
After Alison revealed these details, viewers who hadn t yet caught up the final episode Tweeted their annoyance at her revealing the ending.
Finale: The Channel 5 thriller came to a dramatic close on Thursday night and Jill Halfpenny, who played grieving mother Jodie, appeared on the show to talk about the series
Frustration: After Alison revealed these details, viewers who hadn t yet caught up the final episode Tweeted their annoyance at her revealing the ending
One wrote on Twitter: Yeah THANKS for totally ruining @TheDrowning , while another added: Managed to finish The Drowning and OMG it just plot twisting! So glad I didn t let @AlisonHammond ruin it for me.