Suburban secrets

A twisty new thriller follows a dangerous relationship between neighbourhood friends...

-  RICHARD MCCLURE, CAREN CLARK

NEW THRILLER 
The Couple Next Door
Monday, 9pm, & Tuesday, 9.15pm, C4 (box set, Channel 4)

Everybody needs good neighbours, but C4’s new thriller The Couple Next Door explores what happens when the people down the road become far too close.

The six-part series, which begins this week with two episodes, centres on young teacher Evie (Eleanor Tomlinson), who moves to a fancy neighbourhood with her partner Pete (Alfred Enoch).

The pair are soon befriended by the locals – blokey traffic cop Danny (Sam Heughan) and free-spirited yoga instructor Becka (Jessica De Gouw).

‘Evie and Pete have been together since university and are settled into life,’ says