Secrets Beneath: The Only Suspect Unraveled in Suburbia

Production Details

Title: The Only Suspect
Format: Series / ITV
Production Begins: April 2026
Filming Location: London, UK
Producer: Belinda Campbell, Tom Mullens, Polly Hill, Huw Kennair-Jones, Sumrah Mohammed
Writer/Producer: Simon Ashdown
Director: Farren Blackburn
Cast: Kevin McKidd

Synopsis

Set in a leafy London suburb, The Only Suspect follows Alex and Beth, a devoted couple whose picture-perfect suburban life hides a devastating truth. The story switches between the present day and 1990s Camden, at the height of Cool Britannia and begins in the sweltering summer of 1995 as a man buries a body during a violent storm. Thirty years later, another heatwave grips a very different world. The abandoned railway track where the body was hidden – running behind Alex and Beth’s street – is being transformed into a nature trail, spearheaded by Beth herself. What is a triumph for the neighborhood instead threatens catastrophe for Alex… Because Alex is the young man who buried the body. Having spent decades living under an assumed name, Alex now faces the unravelling of everything he has built. As diggers prepare to break ground on the very spot where his secret lies, his carefully constructed life spirals – and he must decide how far he is willing to go to keep the truth buried.

Production Company

Red Planet Pictures
3rd Floor, Corinthian House, 279 Tottenham Court Road
London, W1T 7RJ
info@redplanetpictures.co.uk
+44 (0)20 3551 9080 Fax: +44 (0)20 3701 4780

About The Only Suspect

Set in a tranquil London suburb, The Only Suspect reveals the facade of a seemingly perfect life led by Alex and Beth. Their idyllic existence conceals a dark secret rooted in the past, as the narrative oscillates between present-day challenges and the tumultuous summer of 1995. A man is seen disposing of a body amidst a violent storm, setting the stage for a gripping tale of deception and moral dilemmas. As a nature trail project, championed by Beth, threatens to expose Alex’s buried past, tension escalates. He has lived under an alias for decades, but as construction encroaches upon the hidden secret, the stability he has maintained for so long hangs in the balance. The series navigates themes of guilt, survival, and the lengths one may go to protect their hidden truths.

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