The Inheritance (TV series)

This article is about the 2023 Channel 5 drama TV series. For the 1967 ITV drama, see Inheritance (TV series).

The Inheritance
Genre	Drama
Written by	Aschlin Ditta
Directed by	Aku Louhimies
Starring	Robert James-Collier Gaynor Faye Jemima Rooper Larry Lamb Samantha Bond Adil Ray Kevin Whately
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	4
Production
Running time	43 minutes
Production companies	Peer Pressure Lonesome Pine Productions Eccho Rights
Original release
Network	Channel 5
Release	4 September (2023-09-04) – 25 September 2023 (2023-09-25)

The Inheritance is a four-part British drama television series, first broadcast in the UK on Channel 5 on 4 September 2023. ^{[1] [2]}

Plot

When father-of-three Dennis (Larry Lamb) dies unexpectedly, his adult children are left bereft. But their grief is quickly overshadowed by anger, confusion and suspicion when they learn that he recently changed his will and they won't be receiving any part of his estate.

Cast

• Robert James-Collier as Daniel
• Gaynor Faye as Sian
• Jemima Rooper as Chloe
• Larry Lamb as Dennis
• Samantha Bond as Susan
• Adil Ray as Pete
• Kevin Whately as Michael
• Rory Fleck Byrne as Nathan
• Pauline McLynn as Jenny Roche
• Risteard Cooper as DS Morris

Production

The series was filmed in County Kilkenny, Ireland. The outside of the Funeral Home belongs to 5th generation Funeral Directors, D. Chisholm and Sons who were founded in 1878 and are located on Huntly Street, Inverness, Scotland. The Funeral Home is the former Queen Street Church which was converted to become the current Funeral Home. ^[3]

Reception

Ed Power, reviewing for i , rated the series 4/5 stars. ^[4] According to BARB 7-day data, the first episode premiered with 3.39m viewers.^{[ citation needed ]}

Episodes

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	UK viewers (millions)
1	1	"Episode One"	Aku Louhimies	Aschlin Ditta	4 September 2023 (2023-09-04)	3.39
2	2	"Episode Two"	Aku Louhimies	Aschlin Ditta	11 September 2023 (2023-09-11)	3.40
3	3	"Episode Three"	Aku Louhimies	Aschlin Ditta	18 September 2023 (2023-09-18)	3.10
4	4	"Episode Four"	Aku Louhimies	Aschlin Ditta	25 September 2023 (2023-09-25)	3.42

References

1. The Inheritance cast: Meet the characters in Channel 5 drama, Radio Times , 4 September 2023
2. Simone, Carlo (2 September 2023). "Channel 5 The Inheritance: Full cast and when it's on TV?". The Herald. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
3. Whitehead, Joanna (4 September 2023). "Where The Inheritance is filmed in Ireland as new drama series starts on Channel 5". iNews . Retrieved 7 September 2023.
4. Power, Ed (4 September 2023). "The Inheritance, Channel 5, review: What would you do if your dad left everything to a stranger?". iNews. Retrieved 9 September 2023.

External links

• The Inheritance at IMDb