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Director: Sam Arbor (Heartstopper) and David Sant (Significant Other, Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything)

Producer: Quay Street Productions for Prime Video UK

Writer: Charlotte Coben (Stay Close, The Stranger, Fool Me Once)

Cast: Bilal Hasna (Extraordinary, Screw) Vivian Oparah (Rye Lane, I May Destroy You, Then You Run) Penelope Wilton (Downton Abbey, After Life) Peter Serafinowicz (The School for Good and Evil, The Tick)


6 x 60 mins

Offering a rollercoaster ride of twists and turns, this bold comedy-thriller – written by Charlotte Coben and executive produced by Nicola Shindler – explores family, class, love, trauma and identity against the backdrop of present-day Liverpool. Twentysomethings Elliot and Jess are best friends united by a bond of grief at losing Peter – Elliot’s first and only love and Jess’s twin brother. It’s been five years since Peter went missing, and still reeling from the trauma, the best friends spiral into a hedonistic lifestyle, partying to numb their grief while clinging to a small hope that they will find out what happened. When Elliot meets Will, he starts to think he can put the past behind him. But when Elliot learns Will has his own dark secrets, just as Jess is contacted by somebody claiming to be her brother, the pair decide to find out if Elliot is romantically cursed – or being targeted.

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