The Wives confirms air date for twisted mystery – starring Tamzin Outhwaite, Jo Joyner and Angela Griffin

Channel 5 has confirmed that new dark comedy drama The Wives will be airing from 7pm. Monday September 16th at 9pmwith episodes airing at the same time every night until Wednesday, September 18.

The series stars Jo Joyner, Tamzin Outhwaite and Angela Griffin as Beth, Sylvia and Natasha, three sisters-in-law who unravel a mystery that has shocked their family to their core.

The death of their other sister-in-law, Annabelle (Christine Bottomley), while on holiday in Malta, was initially dismissed as an accident. But when her widower Charlie (Jamie Bamber) begins dating another woman a year later who resembles a younger doppelganger of hers, the family becomes suspicious.

The synopsis gives a sneak peek: “As lies come to light and more evidence is collected, the women work together and against each other to unravel the mystery and bring the perpetrator to justice.

“But now that corrupt officials, drug cartels and career criminals are closer to home than ever imagined, the question is whether they have bitten off more than they can chew.”

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Earlier this week, a trailer for the series dropped, showing Charlie’s new girlfriend Jade (Katie Clarkson-Hill) being led astray by the Morgans, and it bodes well for drama as the women investigate.

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The drama also features Ben Willbond (Ghosts) as Beth’s husband Frankie, Jonathan Forbes (Catastrophe) as Natasha’s husband Sean, Louis Boyer (Shadow and Bone) as local businessman Luca Vella and Ajay Chhabra (Phoenix Rise) as consulate employee Vinay Taneja.

The series was created by Helen Black, who previously worked on the prison drama Time. Her co-star Griffin described the series as “full of warmth, female friendship, humour, with a huge whodunnit at the centre”.

The Wives starts on Monday September 16 at 9pm on Channel 5 and My5.

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