The Catch is a Channel 5 and

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four-part drama series set in the west of England, adapted by Michael Crompton from the 2020 novel of the same name by T.M.Logan. Starring Jason Watkins,

Aneurin Barnard Aneurin Barnard (; ; born 8 May 1987) is a Welsh actor and musician. He is known for playing Davey in ''Hunky Dory'', Claude in '' The Truth About Emanuel'', Bobby Willis in '' Cilla'', Tim in ''Thirteen'', King Richard III in '' The White Quee ...

Poppy Gilbert Poppy Gilbert (born 14 September 1998) is a British actress. She is known for roles as Barbie in the Netflix series ''Stay Close'' (2021), ''Chloe'' (2022), and ''The Catch'' in 2023. Early life and education Gilbert was born in Stockholm, Sw ...

and

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. The first episode was broadcast on Channel 5 and

in the UK on 25 January 2023.

Plot

Local fisherman, Ed Collier struggles to make a decent living because of competing fishermen. Abbie, his daughter, introduces her new boyfriend Ryan, to her parents. Ed is suspicious of Ryan, who is young, handsome, rich and successful. Ed's wife, Claire presumes Ed is being overprotective, understandably, as they lost their son to a boating accident 15 years ago. Ed teams up with Abbie's ex-boyfriend, George to investigate Ryan's history and is startled at what he finds. Ed follows Ryan to the red-light district and films him with a young woman, later he confronts Ryan about it in front of the family. However, Ryan's answer is acceptable, driving Ed's family to turn against him, and things get darker when an ominous threatening message appears painted on the decking of his boat.

Cast

* Jason Watkins as Ed Collier *

as Ryan Wilson *

as Abbie Collier *

as Claire Collier * Brenda Fricker as Phyllis Doyle *

Jade Jordan Jade Jordan (born 1988) is an Irish actor and writer. She has appeared in film in '' Rosie'' (2018), and '' You Are Not My Mother'' (2021), and on television in ''Doctors'' (2018), ''The Virtues'' (2019), '' Kin'' (2021), '' Redemption'' (2022), ...

as Katz *

Tracy Wiles Tracy Wiles (born c. 1970) is an English actress, who has worked on radio, stage and TV, and in film. She has appeared in '' McCallum'' (1997), ''Sea of Souls'' (2004), ''Doctors'' (2005-2023), ''The Line of Beauty'' (2006), ''Britz'' (2007), '' ...

as DI Jennie Nott * Ian Pirie as Bob Chapman * Morgan Palmeria as George * Cameron Jack as Craig * Menyee Lai as Pauline * Paul Sparkes as Wayne Pendrick * Jacob Hickey as Josh * Karl Hogan as Baxter

Filming

The Catch was filmed during the summer of 2022, Robert Quinn was the director. Even though the setting for the drama is the south-west of England, the actual filming took place at

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and other locations in

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, Ireland. The Colliers' house is said to have been a home of former Irish president, Patrick Hillery.

Production

The production was by Projector Pictures, in association with Night Train Media and All3Media International. Rachel Gesua, Suzi McIntosh and Trevor Eve were executive producers on behalf of Projector Pictures, and Herbert Kloiber was executive producer for Night Train Media.

Broadcast

It was first broadcast on Channel 5 and

in the UK on 25 January 2023, broken into four one-hour episodes.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Catch (2023 Tv Series), The 2023 British television series debuts 2023 British television series endings 2020s British drama television series 2020s British television miniseries Channel 5 (British TV channel) original programming British thriller television series English-language television shows