Too Good to be True: What is the new Channel 5 drama about?
Too Good to be True premieres this Wednesday at 9pm on Channel 5 and My5.
Showing two episodes a week on Channel 5 with the whole series available to stream on My5 after episode 1 airs, Kara Tointon and former Downton Abbey star Allen Leech star in a gripping four-part psychological drama about a single mum on the breadline whose fortunes miraculously start looking up…
Rachel (Kara Tointon) is a single mum with a young son, Liam (Charlie Hodson-Prior). They’re on the poverty line, and Rachel works all hours of the day as a cleaner to provide for her boy. One day, her boss is approached by a businesswoman, Simone (Sara Powell), who acts for an extremely wealthy client called Elliot (Allen Leech). Simone offers Rachel a new job: better pay, shorter hours. It sounds too good to be true…
Elliot is incredibly generous and welcoming to Rachel and Liam, giving them presents and showing Liam his vintage car collection. But as Rachel and Liam get further drawn into this seemingly perfect life, Elliot’s motives come into question. Is it Rachel or Liam that he’s interested in?
John Thomson and Grace Evans also star.