EPISODE
Ordeal by Innocence - Season 1
A rich and loving philanthropist called Rachel was unable to have children. She decided to adopt a child from the shelter to make up for that shortfall. Is that son will be the reason of her life ending?
3 April 1978, Exeter, Devon, England, UK
27 April 1965, Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
22 January 1965, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
12 December 1949, Caterham, Surrey, England, UK
1981, Dumbartonshire, Scotland, UK
17 September 1996, London, England, UK
April 09, 2018
Once the characters were established, the pace slowed, until this was barely more than a family bickering match... But as the production threatened to stall, its engines sputtered to life.
April 09, 2018
It's not really drama. It's problem-solving. And you can't become interested in the characters because they are never given an existence of their own. They are purely contrivances.
April 10, 2018
You can do a lot with Christie, and Phelps and Goldbacher have imbued her with more frissons and subtlety than even the clever book.
April 09, 2018
The whole thing knits together seamlessly. It grabs you from the opening scenes.
April 09, 2018
Ooh, the drama, the bitterness, the horrible lizardine misery of the cast trying to make sense of a wedding that goes ahead with just two - or is it three? - unexplained deaths.
April 09, 2018
Three episodes might be one too many, but Ordeal by Innocence is a remarkably taut piece of writing.
