The Au Pair (TV series)

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The Au Pair
Screenplay byMichael Foott
Andy Bayliss
Directed byOonagh Kearney
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
France
Ireland
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes4
Production
Production company
  • Pernel Media
Original release
Network Channel 5
Release10 March (2025-03-10) –
13 March 2025 (2025-03-13)

The Au Pair is a four-part 2025 British television crime drama thriller series starring Sally Bretton, Ludmilla Makowski and David Suchet. It was broadcast in the United Kingdom on Channel 5 from 10 March 2025.

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Premise

A business woman with a picture-perfect house and step-family hires an au pair after her diabetic father moves in next door. [1]

Cast

Production

The series is written by Michael Foott and Andy Bayliss and was commissioned by Channel 5 in June 2024. It is directed by Oonagh Kearney. It is produced by Pernel Media and is their first English-language scripted series. Filming took place in the Republic of Ireland with Irish co-producers MK1 Studios. [2] ITV Studios has the worldwide distribution rights for the four-part series with Canal+ Group holding the rights in France. [3] Filming took place in the Republic of Ireland in July 2024. [4]

The cast is led by David Suchet and includes Sally Bretton and Kenny Doughty, as well as French actresses Virginie Ledoyen and Ludmilla Makowski. [5] [6]

Broadcast

The series was shown in the United Kingdom on Channel 5 from 10 March 2025. [7] [8]

Reception

Anita Singh writing in The Daily Telegraph awarded the show three stars and described it as "the kind of mile-a-minute, OTT thriller in which 25 outlandish things happen in the first episode" and compared the series to the 1990s thriller The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and labelled it "the sort of schlocky mindless fun that makes you binge the lot". [9]

Ed Power for the i (newspaper) said that the series will "will warm the cockles of cosy crime aficionados" describing it as a "emotionally gory guilty pleasure stumbling into the parlour with a dagger poking, Cluedo-style, out of its back". [10]

References

  1. ↑ Stalcup, Jamie (28 June 2024). "Channel 5 Commissions The Au Pair". World Screen. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  2. ↑ Goldbart, Max (26 June 2024). "David Suchet Lands First TV Acting Role In Six Years With Channel 5 Series 'The Au Pair' Opposite 'Lupin' Star". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  3. ↑ Stedman, Emily (28 June 2024). "Beyond Paradise's Sally Bretton lands next TV role". Digital Spy. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  4. ↑ Duke, Simon (21 July 2024). "Vera's Kenny Doughty finishes filming new drama with TV legend as ex co-stars shoot final scenes". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  5. ↑ Hibbs, James (26 June 2024). "David Suchet to star in new Channel 5 thriller The Au Pair". Radio Times. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  6. ↑ Goldbart, Max (10 September 2024). "Virginie Ledoyen Boards 'The Au Pair' TV Series Opposite David Suchet". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  7. ↑ "Channel 5 commissions thriller, The Au Pair". Televisual.com. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  8. ↑ Mensah, Katelyn (26 February 2025). "The Au Pair air date confirmed for David Suchet drama with Beyond Paradise star". Radio Times. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  9. ↑ Singh, Anita (10 March 2025). "The Au Pair, Channel 5 review: the sort of schlocky mindless fun that makes you binge the lot" . Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  10. ↑ Power, Ed (10 March 2025). "The Au Pair is another absurd Channel 5 thriller - I can't get enough". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
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