The Five (TV series)



The Five is a British crime drama television series, created by crime author Harlan Coben, as his first original series for television. The Five began broadcast on 15 April 2016 on Sky1 in the UK. The series stars Tom Cullen, O. T. Fagbenle, Lee Ingleby and Sarah Solemani as childhood friends Mark, Danny, Slade and Pru, who are re-united after DNA evidence left at a murder scene is revealed to be that of Mark's brother Jesse, who disappeared one summer's day after playing in the park with the four friends. The first series consists of ten episodes, with two episodes broadcast each week consecutively. Although set in the fictional town of "Westbridge" the series was filmed in Liverpool, Wirral, Runcorn and surrounding areas including Frodsham.

On 18 July 2016, Sky1 confirmed that a follow-up series to The Five had been commissioned and will be titled The Four, it is unknown when the new 8-part series will enter production.

Plot
In 1995, four young school friends, Mark Wells (Tom Cullen), Danny Kenwood (O. T. Fagbenle), Slade (Lee Ingleby) and Pru Carew (Sarah Solemani) are left traumatized after Mark's five-year-old brother Jesse disappears after playing in the park with them. No trace of Jesse has even been found, but a serial killer, Jakob Marosi, who has been charged with five other murders claimed that he was responsible for Jesse's death. Jesse's parents, Julie and Alan (Geraldine James and Michael Maloney), had given up all hope of ever finding him alive.

Twenty years on, Kenwood is now a Detective Sergeant working for Westbridge Police. When he attends the scene of a murder, he finds prostitute Annie Green, who has been brutally attacked with a hammer. When DNA evidence from the crime scene returns from the lab, Kenwood is shocked to find Jesse's DNA at the scene. An intricate web of trials and tribulations then begins to unfold as the four childhood friends re-unite in the hope of finding Jesse alive and well.

Cast

 * Tom Cullen as Mark Wells, a thirty-something lawyer who aids in the search for missing people in his spare time
 * O. T. Fagbenle as D.S. Danny Kenwood, a detective working for Westbridge Police
 * Lee Ingleby as Slade, a former childhood friend of Mark, Danny and Pru who now runs a shelter for vulnerable young people
 * Sarah Solemani as Pru Carew, a qualified doctor who has returned home after living in the United States for 16 years
 * Hannah Arterton as D.C. Ally Caine, Kenwood's partner
 * Geraldine James as Julie Wells, Mark's mother
 * Michael Maloney as Alan Wells, Mark's father
 * Rade Serbedzija as Jakob Marosi, convicted of five child murders
 * Jonathan Kerrigan as Stuart Carew, Pru's husband
 * Don Warrington as Ray Kenwood, Danny's father who is suffering from severe Alzheimer's
 * Sophia La Porta as Britnay Shearer, a volunteer at Slade's shelter
 * Lee Boardman as Jay Newman, a local record producer with a murky past
 * Honeysuckle Weeks as Laura Marshall, a married woman having an affair with Mark
 * Barnaby Kay as D.I. Liam Townsend, Kenwood's superior
 * James Boyland as D.S. Cal Brown, a fellow sergeant on Kenwood's team
 * Martin McCreadie as D.C. Karl Hatchett, Cal's best friend and Ally's love interest.
 * Syrus Lowe as Larry / Larita, Marks' cross dressing paralegal secretary
 * Simon Ludders as Joe Hanley