The chemistry between the co-stars had fuelled speculation of a real-life romance but the actress, 25, has now insisted things have always been strictly professional .
The Drowning: what happens, cast list and whether the Channel 5 show is a true story
The Drowning has proved to be a big hit with TV audiences
The Drowning on Channel 5 (Image: Channel 5)
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Last modified on Wed 3 Feb 2021 05.53 EST
The Dynevor family is having quite a moment. You know their matriarch, Sally Dynevor, best as Sally Webster, the character in Coronation Street she has played since 1986. (She was part of my favourite moment in all my years of viewing. Sally visited Liz McDonald after Lizâs premature baby had died and apologised for crying, instead of comforting Liz, when she saw the babyâs photograph. Of course, there was nothing more comforting she could have done than cry for the motherâs loss. This was in 1992, when Coronation Street knew people and knew its characters and could turn, like people and characters do, from comedy to tragedy and back again).
Monday:The Drowning; (Channel 5, 9pm)
Sunday, 31st January 2021, 5:00 pm
Has Channel 5 finally found a hit drama to rival the much-lauded series regularly seen on BBC and ITV, Channel 4, Sky and Netflix?
Well, it’s sink-or-swim time for the much-anticipated The Drowning, a new four-part thriller co-written by Tim Dynevor – husband of Coronation Street actress Sally and dad of Bridgerton star Phoebe – which is being broadcast across consecutive nights this week.
If the show’s cast, which includes former EastEnders, Coronation Street, Waterloo Road and Strictly star Jill Halfpenny, Robin Hood’s Jonas Armstrong, Whitechapel star Rupert Penry-Jones and The Split’s Deborah Findlay is anything to go by, it could be unmissable viewing.