When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Sign up fornow for the biggest moments from morning TV Channel 5 drama 15 Days concludes on Thursday, May 16 with an all-star cast leading the crime thriller. Featuring the likes of former Coronation Street star Catherine Tyldesley as Sara and Silent Witness actor David Caves as Michael, the cast of 15 Days includes some of the biggest names from UK TV. Here’s who is in the cast of 15 Days and where Channel 5 viewers may recognise the actors from. Catherine Tyldesley weight loss: How ex Corrie star dropped six sizes Who is in the cast of 15 Days on Channel 5? 15 Days has kept viewers gripped as the cast played out the hard-hitting drama. Channel 5’s synopsis for the new thriller reads: “In this murder mystery drama, a young man is shot dead by a member of his close family.” The four-part drama began on Monday, May 13 at 9pm and ran for the next three evenings, concluding on Thursday, May 16. From Catherine Tyldesley to Freddy Carter, here’s a breakdown of the 15 Days cast. HOW MANY EPISODES OF 15 DAYS ARE THERE?<doc-sep>The only issue I really have with 15 Days (Channel 5) is timing. With its brooding air and claustrophobic setting (a huge Welsh farmhouse where the cosiness is rendered toxic by so many family members and their poisonous secrets) it is perfect midwinter rather than springtime fare. But – and particularly for someone temperamentally better suited to colder, bleaker times – ’twas no matter. Channel 5’s four-part English-language remake of the Welsh production 35 Diwrnod (35 Days) is simultaneously satisfying and moreish at any time of year. It is intriguing without being overcomplicated and – perhaps in view of its instant digestibility – someone has made the wise decision to strip it over four nights rather than four weeks. I should think everyone who sticks with it will breathe a deep sigh of gratification rather than frustration at the end. We begin with the crime – a young man shot investigating a noise outside the house as his wife and baby wait within – then flash back 15 days (I have no notion what happened to the missing 20; Cambrian brooding must just take longer in its original tongue) to reconstruct how we got from here to murderous there. Four estranged siblings gather at the family estate to scatter their mother’s ashes (Dad is already dead and not very much lamented) and read her will. Oldest brother Gareth (Geraint Morgan, who played the same role in the inaugural version) has housing development designs on the farmland, while sister Sara (Catherine Tyldesley, having a much more rewarding time here than she did during her decade-long stint as Eva Price in Coronation Street) has a more sentimental attachment to the place. Other sister Nia (Mali Tudno Jones, also in the original) is more interested in seeing if she can shag Sara’s antagonistic husband, Michael (David Caves), again, and troubled youngest sibling Rhys (Tom Rhys Harries) is consumed by flashbacks, suggesting a past almost as complicated as his hair. He is the one who will end up bleeding his last on the flagstone floor; an ending one suspects may have something to do with his fragmented recollections of pushing his father’s head underwater in a lake. But there is so much else to suspect, that we are rarely detained by one person’s potential culpabilities for long. There is the early death of a fifth sibling, Owen, allegedly run over by Daddy in the drive – when he was too furious to check none of his children were in the way before he pulled out – and now possibly haunting the house. There is the hatred for Gareth’s irritating new wife. There is their uncle Hugh, currently farming some of the land (technically illegally), who fell out with their father years ago when he inherited the bulk of the family estate, but who, I’d wager in light of the first episode’s conclusion, remained very close to their mother. Hugh’s son Tom is perpetually in need of money, and, when his relatives are out scattering the ashes, helps himself to Grandma’s jewellery. This includes a turquoise and silver bauble, known to the rest of them as “the Stone of Tears”, from, presumably, the Cardiff branch of Simply Gothic – “for all your foreshadowing needs!”. I think that is where they got the gnomic Mabli from too, unless she just came with the house, as I didn’t see her arrive with any of the siblings and she seems very in tune with the lingering spirit of Owen. Join the characters in just about any combination, and there is no love lost between them. This is a splendidly wrought mass of bitterness, resentment, lies and secrets – stuffed into a single house and festering under the pressure of grief and unwanted presences. Every scene tells us more about them, while beautifully and maddeningly suggesting that the new titbit is just the tip of a whole new iceberg. It is the kind of thing that makes you not want to meet anyone incapable of enjoying it. The performances (with the possible exception of Caves’ Michael, which so far is a one-note thing) are uniformly good, and as a drama it is a solid piece of craftsmanship. Everything is planed and sanded to a nice finish, the joints are stable and you can relax around it, secure in the knowledge of its perfect functionality and drawn to its pleasing nature above and beyond that. Beware the Mabli, though. I reckon she is behind everything.<doc-sep>
Sign up fornow for the biggest moments from morning TV And tonight, Sara, along with several other characters is going to be returning to her childhood farmhouse in Wales to read the will of her late mother. The drama is one of several made by the broadcaster following their decision to not renew Big Brother. It is the first proper role actress Catherine has had since she left ITV’s soap Coronation Street last summer after playing barmaid Eva Price for seven years. 15 Days returns to Channel 5 tonight and viewers are going to tune into the second instalment when Sara (played by Catherine Tyldesley) returns to screen. In an arty flash-forward, those watching at home will see the situation turn drastically on its head and a family member is shot by an unseen assailant. But who was responsible for the violence? Whilst many were left shocked by the storyline twist last week, some were unable to focus when they saw Catherine’s character on screen for the first time. The born and bred Salford actress attempts to give the Welsh accent a go and her usual appearance is now very different. Nevertheless, many enjoyed the alternative character she was playing and took to Twitter to comment. One said: “@Cath_Tyldesley Welsh accent is cracking! Great programme so far.” “Loving the welsh accent @Cath_Tyldesley,” someone else wrote whilst a third suggested: “#15days @channel5_tv Trying to get my head around #CatherineTyldesley with dark hair and a #Welshaccent.” Tonight, the story continues as Rhys (Tom Rhys Harries) is haunted by memories of the events at the lake, where his father drowned five years ago. Meanwhile, domestic tennis rises as the wishes of the will are read out and Huw (Ifan Huw Dafydd) is left the family farm. But this is the last of their worries as Huw is harbouring a devastating secret and it isn’t long before he is sharing it with everyone. The series is made up of four consecutive episodes which are all airing this week. During Wednesday night’s episode, viewers are going to see Nia and Michael’s (David Caves) affair intensify amid the acrimonious fallout which follows the discovery of Rhys’ parentage.