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."
