{"id":29200,"date":"2023-01-25T23:00:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T22:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1774433"},"modified":"2023-01-26T01:02:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T00:02:13","slug":"the-catchs-jason-watkins-teases-hints-behind-chilling-episode-1-moment","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/the-catchs-jason-watkins-teases-hints-behind-chilling-episode-1-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"The Catch\u2019s Jason Watkins teases hints behind chilling episode 1 moment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Abby Robinson\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 25 January 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>The opening episode of Channel 5 drama <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/the-catch-channel-5-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">The Catch<\/a> left viewers with a chilling cliffhanger that raises significant questions about Ed.<\/p>\n<p>Following a disastrous dinner with his family and Abbie\u2019s new boyfriend Ryan, who Ed accused of sneaking off to the local \u201cred light district\u201d, the fisherman headed down to the docks, where something strange caught his eye.<\/p>\n<p>A lit candle and a photograph of four young men dressed in navy uniforms, one of whom is Ed, had been placed on the dashboard of his boat.<\/p>\n<p>But given the expression on his face, he clearly doesn\u2019t remember his time in the navy fondly. What happened to Ed all those years ago? What secret is he hiding?<\/p>\n<p>There was also another nasty surprise waiting for him.<\/p> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove\" embed=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove__player\" vjs-playlist-player-container=\"\"> <video data-video-id=\"&quot;6318910998112&quot;\" data-account=\"&quot;69912529001&quot;\" data-player=\"&quot;ByeOf0VZEl&quot;\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\"\/><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"&quot;\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js&quot;\"\/><p>After hearing a noise, he ventured outside, gutting knife in hand, to discover that the word \u2018killer\u2019 had been written on the deck in red paint.<\/p>\n<p>Did Ed kill someone in the line of duty? Or is his tormentor referring to something more sinister?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt twists and contorts and stretches all the characters as we go,\u201d Jason Watkins (who plays Ed) told <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> and other press. \u201cThe graffiti hints at another past event, hints at something else that\u2019s lurking in the past that is affecting the present, which again adds more fuel to the piece.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are clearer thriller elements to it and hopefully we will take our audience on an amazing journey of both a family drama and a thriller.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Cathy Belton, who plays Ed\u2019s wife Claire, teased: \u201cThere\u2019s a lot more to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also a big question mark hanging over Ryan.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Channel 5<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Ed is convinced that his daughter\u2019s boyfriend is bad news, but Ryan has both Abbie and her mum on his side. Is he simply a victim of Ed\u2019s paranoia? Or is there something bubbling beneath the surface?<\/p>\n<p>His entrance <em>did<\/em> coincide with the arrival of the photograph and the graffiti, which could be an unhappy coincidence. But viewers will undoubtedly be wary of his true intentions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;page&quot;\" title=\"&quot;Page\">\n<div class=\"&quot;layoutArea&quot;\">\n<div class=\"&quot;column&quot;\">\n<p>\u201cI love messing with an audience\u2019s perception of what they think they know,\u201d said <span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\">Aneurin Barnard (Ryan). \u201c<\/span><span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\">I felt with this script and the role there was a rare opportunity to manipulate positive or negative perceptions of another character. I felt I could mess around and have fun with that aspect and not make it predictable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\">\u201cThere\u2019s also an arc for all the characters throughout this story, where they start at one point and finish at a completely different point.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div> <p><strong>You can buy TM Logan\u2019s The Catch via <a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Catch-unmissable-thriller-bestselling-HOLIDAY\/dp\/1838771166?tag=radtim0b-21&amp;ascsubtag=radiotimes-0&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Amazon<\/a>, <a href=\"\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?id=489797&amp;clickref=radiotimes-0&amp;awinmid=3787&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2Fbook%2Fthe-catch%2Ft-m-logan%2F9781838771164&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Waterstones<\/a> and <a href=\"\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/books\/the-catch-the-utterly-gripping-thriller-from-the-author-of-the-holiday-coming-to-tv-screens-soon\/9781838771164&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Bookshop.org<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"&quot;font-weight:\"><strong>The Catch airs on Channel 5. 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