Compulsion is the brand new drama from Channel 5. Starring Cold Feet's Leanne Best and The Watch's Anna Chancellor the gripping four-part series follows paramedic Jenny, who after a fatal train crash develops a gambling addiction to try to cope with her PTSD.
The series, which is written by Sarah Deane and directed by Call the Midwife's Noreen Kershaw, will kick off on Tuesday, April 12, and air over four consecutive nights on Channel 5 at 9pm. It will draw to a close on Good Friday, which falls on April 15.
A synopsis for the series reads: "The gripping four part series follows paramedic Jenny, who after a fatal train crash develops a gambling addition to try to cope with her PTSD. Heavily in debt to some dangerous people, help arrives in the form of a good Samaritan Sasha, who offers Jenny a way out. However, Sasha has her own agenda, one which will ultimately force Jenny to take the biggest gamble of her life. For her life."
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But who is in the cast list, where was Compulsion filmed and how many episodes are there? Here are all the details.
Compulsion cast list
Leanne Best – Jenny
Anna Chancellor – Sasha
Danny Ashok – Chris
Krissi Bohn – Ali
Lesley Cole – Trudie Goodwin
Hayley Mills - Connie
Where was Compulsion filmed?
Filming for the Channel 5 programme took place in Liverpool in 2021. Actress Leanne said the show's location was what excited her the most about the series.
She said: "I had known (executive producer) Collin McKeown before I ever went to drama school or worked as an actor, and we often talked about me coming home to do a really good project. We’d always have a joke that I wanted the chance to be Scouse in something – I really love that I get to do all kinds of stuff and I love the costumes of acting, be it the clothes, the voice or the period, but I really wanted to do something that was made in Liverpool, where I could play a character from Liverpool.
"Then Compulsion came along and it had all the right people attached – Noreen Kershaw is one of my favourite directors, and I genuinely love Anna Chancellor, both as an actor and as an exceptional human being. It was really touch and go whether we could make the dates work, so I was really happy when it all lined up."
Hayley Mills added: "Yes, I love going to Liverpool and I really enjoyed working with everyone on set. I’d worked there before when I did ‘Moving On’ with LA Productions and it’s always so nice to go back. It’s a beautiful city and of course there’s The Cavern and museums, but it’s the people that make the place, they’ve got such great warmth."
How many episodes of Compulsion are there?
The are four hour-long episodes in total that will air every night this week at 9pm. Compulsion kicks off on Tuesday, April 12 and will conclude on Friday, April 15. For more showbiz and television stories, get our newsletter here.
