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Five Days

TV·2007–2010·2 seasons, 10 episodes·BBC One·Crime, Drama·1h

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Thriller series which tracks five 24-hour periods in a police investigation.

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  1. 01Five Days S01E01Day 1S01E01 · 7.0While on a trip to visit her grandfather, an attractive mother and two of her children mysteriously disappear. This leads to a desperate search to find them before it's too late.
  2. 02Five Days S01E02Day 3S01E02 · 7.0Matt learns the shocking news that his missing wife, Leanne, is pregnant while attending a press conference organized by press officer Defne Topcu; Hazel is suspicious that her son Kyle may have been involved with the abduction and makes a call to the police; a major breakthrough happens when the flower seller is located.
  3. 03Five Days S01E03Day 28S01E03 · 5.0Following the 28-day police review Barclay has turned Leanne's missing persons case in a murder investigation and Kyle Betts is the prime suspect; Matt spends his birthday in the company of Sarah, much to the displeasure of Leanne's parents; Farnes and Matt also discover that that Leanne bought a one-way airplane ticket to France, where her ex-husband lives, days before her disappearance.

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Episodes by season

Season01Best seasonEpisode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode5Episodes2007Aired 5.6Season avg
  1. S01E01Five Days S01E01Season's bestDay 1January 23, 2007 7.0While on a trip to visit her grandfather, an attractive mother and two of her children mysteriously disappear. This leads to a desperate sea
  2. S01E02Five Days S01E02Day 3January 24, 2007 7.0Matt learns the shocking news that his missing wife, Leanne, is pregnant while attending a press conference organized by press officer Defne
  3. S01E03Five Days S01E03Day 28January 25, 2007 5.0Following the 28-day police review Barclay has turned Leanne's missing persons case in a murder investigation and Kyle Betts is the prime su
  4. S01E04Five Days S01E04Day 33January 30, 2007 5.0With the investigation in it’s fourth week, Matt become further estranged from Leanne’s parents in part because he gives an interview with a
  5. S01E05Five Days S01E05Day 79February 1, 2007 4.0The discovery of a burnt out van offers some new evidence to Barclay's investigation, as the suspect slips away; Matt joins Gary with the po

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode5Episodes2010Aired 1.0Season avg
  1. S02E01Five Days S02E01Season's bestDay 1March 1, 2010 1.0Off-duty police officer Laurie Franklin finds herself caught up in a strange sequence of events after a person falls in front of her train.
  2. S02E02Five Days S02E02Day 2March 2, 2010 1.0One day later the police are struggling to find out more about how the victim died, and the abandoned baby's identity is still a mystery.
  3. S02E03Five Days S02E03Day 8March 3, 2010 1.0A week on, the police carry out a reconstruction of events. Meanwhile, family tensions mount for Nusrat and Danny.
  4. S02E04Five Days S02E04Day 37March 4, 2010 1.0A month has passed. A royal visit to the town turns nasty, and one character receives a visit from someone who seems to know more about what
  5. S02E05Five Days S02E05Day 102March 5, 2010 1.0A couple of months have passed. Will the police get to the bottom of what really happened on day one? And what does the future hold for baby

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

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