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ITV\u2019s upcoming drama No Return<\/a> stars Sheridan Smith as the mother of 16-year-old Noah (Louis Ashbourne Serkis), who is accused of sexually assaulting a boy during a family holiday in Turkey.<\/p>\n The hard-hitting premise will certainly make for a gripping watch, but Noah\u2019s arrest only brings to the surface the tensions that were already brewing before the Powells left the UK, writer Danny Brocklehurst has said.<\/p>\n Speaking to RadioTimes.com<\/a> and other press, Brocklehurst set the scene for the family\u2019s circumstances: \u201cThe Powells go on holiday with Kathy\u2019s [Smith] sister, her husband and their young son, who has attention deficit disorder. And there is a certain amount of baggage that each character goes on that holiday with, as anybody does.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s stuff going on in their life, there are cracks, there are tensions that are bothering them, but they\u2019re going on holiday hoping that the sun will smooth it all away and they\u2019ll have this lovely holiday, and it\u2019ll all be fine and they\u2019ll come back relaxed.\u201d<\/p>\n He added: \u201cBut what happens with Noah\u2019s arrest is that all those things become heightened and the cracks intensify and they\u2019re suddenly in a hothouse environment where everything is put under this microscope.\u201d<\/p> Brocklehurst went on to explain why it was important to add these existing cracks.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was about building in enough backstory, enough things going on for the two families and the dynamic between the two sisters,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cSian Brooke\u2019s character has got more money and has always been the dad\u2019s favourite, which Kathy resents, so you build a picture of these two families, a detailed picture so that, hopefully, they feel like real living people with real problems and believable dynamics rather than people just there to serve the story of Noah.\u201d<\/p>\n The writer stressed that, though Noah\u2019s story is \u201csuch an important part of the drama\u201d, it\u2019s the family dynamics \u201cwhere nobody will go back from that holiday the person that they went\u201d that became the \u201ckey to the whole drama\u201d.<\/p>\n Additional reporting by Abby Robinson.<\/em><\/p>\n No Return is released on ITV in February 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n C<\/strong>heck out our\u00a0Drama<\/a>\u00a0hub for more news, interviews and features or find something to watch with\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Lidia Molina-Whyte Published: Wednesday, 26 January 2022 at 12:00 am ITV\u2019s upcoming drama No Return stars Sheridan Smith as the mother of 16-year-old Noah (Louis Ashbourne Serkis), who is accused of sexually assaulting a boy during a family holiday in Turkey. 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