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The Secret

Drama · 2016 · Rated 7.6/10

Last aired: S1 E4, Episode 4 · 2016-05-20

Coleraine, Northern Ireland, 1990. Colin Howell is a leading member of the Baptist community, and a loving husband and father. But when he meets fellow Baptist, Hazel Buchanan, they embark on an affair, which will have cataclysmic consequences for themselves, for Colin's wife Lesley and for Hazel's husband, Trevor, Wanting to remain in the Baptist church Colin refuses to consider divorce, but he and Hazel are desperate to find some way to be together. When Lesley's father dies, and she contemplates suicide, Colin believes that he has found a way...

Cast

James Nesbitt Colin Howell

Genevieve O'Reilly Hazel Buchanan

Laura Pyper Lesley Howell

Glen Wallace Trevor Buchanan

Jason Watkins Pastor John Hansford

Season 1

E1 Episode 1 2016-04-29 · 60 min When Colin Howell and Hazel Buchanan meet at their local Baptist Church in rural Northern Ireland, they start an affair which will have cataclysmic consequences....

E2 Episode 2 2016-05-06 · 60 min Colin and Hazel carry out his plan to kill Lesley and Trevor, and stage it to look like a suicide pact. But will the community and the police believe their story?

E3 Episode 3 2016-05-13 · 60 min As the inquest approaches, Colin and Hazel have to hold their nerve. But even if they do get away with it, can their relationship survive?

E4 Episode 4 2016-05-20 · 60 min The past catches up with Colin as he is finally driven to confess his crime. But when Hazel pleads not guilty, will Colin take all the blame?

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