'It's always really fun to play a morally complex character'

Aimee-Ffion Edwards and Martin Compston discuss their new comedy-drama series The Revenge Club, centred around a divorce support club. By Lynn Rusk

- By Lynn Rusk

THEY say revenge is a dish best served cold, but plotting it with a crew and it's a recipe for mayhem.

When six lonely, hapless strangers are brought together by a divorce support group, each reeling from betrayal and heartbreak, they form an unlikely bond and hatch a plan to get back at the people who broke their hearts.

The Revenge Club, adapted from JD Pennington's debut novel The Othello Club, shows how a seemingly cathartic outlet can quickly spiral into something far more chaotic.

As the group's schemes grow bolder, the line between justice and madness begins to blur and someone might just take things too far.

Produced by Gaumont and Fremantle, and written by Gabbie Asher, the series stars Martin Compston as Calum, a devoted father navigating a divorce and Aimee-Ffion Edwards, from Newport, as PR executive Emily whose husband had an affair with her best friend.

The six-part dark comedy also features My Mad Fat Diary's Sharon Rooney, Shetland's Douglas Henshall, The Kumars at No.42 star Meera Syal and Sex Education actor Chaneil Kular.

Peaky Blinders star Edwards says she found it fun to play Emily as she navigates divorced life.

"It's always really fun to play a morally complex character and, in Emily, we go on this really dark journey with her, where we see her unravel, but also grow in strength in ways that she didn't expect and I think other people wouldn't expect," explains the 38-year-old Welsh actress.

"I think Emily learns a lot about herself and about other people. I think, throughout the piece, she is pushing her own boundaries - boundaries that she wasn't even aware that she had.