Channel 5 Sets Premiere Date For ‘Penance’

Channel 5 has set a premiere date for Penance, its adaptation of Kate O’Riordan’s novel. The three-part drama begins on Tuesday 17 March at 9pm and will air on consecutive nights in the same slot.

Penance follows Rosalie and Luke Douglas and their teenage daughter Maddie. After the death of their son, Rosalie and Luke’s marriage is under immense strain. At a bereavement counselling group, Rosalie and Maddie meet Jed, a charming, charismatic young man who is carrying grief of his own, and he brings a sense of hope back into the Douglas household. But beneath the surface, a dangerous and morally corrupt triangle is taking shape.

Julie Graham, of The Bletchley Circle and Shetland, stars as Rosalie, with Line of Duty’s Neil Morrissey as Luke, Tallulah Greive as Maddie and Nico Mirallegro as Jed. Art Malik and Wanda Ventham also feature.

The drama was written by O’Riordan and Ben Morris and is produced by West Road Pictures in association with All3Media International and GPO TV Productions. Maurice Sweeney, who directed Blood, directs, with Alex Jones as series producer and Ingrid Goodwin and Jonathan Fisher as executive producers.