NEW THRILLER
Boat Story
Sun & Mon, 9pm, BBC1 (box set, iPlayer)
What would you do if you stumbled upon a stash of drugs worth a fortune on a deserted beach? That’s the jumping-off point for darkly comic Yorkshire-set thriller Boat Story, starring Paterson Joseph and Daisy Haggard.
From the writers of The Tourist, The Missing and Baptiste, the six-part series follows the exploits of odd couple Janet (Haggard), who’s unemployed after a gruesome accident at the factory where she worked, and Samuel (Joseph), an ex-lawyer from London with huge gambling debts, as they try to cash in on the unexpected windfall they find – along with two corpses – on a boat washed up on their local beach.
‘It is about two people who are desperate, for different reasons, and find themselves with a dilemma,’ explains Noughts + Crosses actor Joseph, 59. ‘Do you steal a boatload of illegal drugs and step over the two dead bodies that you find, or do you call the police? They decide to take it and run!’
RISKING IT ALL
This story is from the November 18, 2023 edition of TV & Satellite Week.
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