Five Days (TV series)

This article is about the British TV series. For the 1954 film of the same name, see Five Days (film).

Five Days
GenreCrime drama
Written byGwyneth Hughes
Directed by
Starring
Music byMagnus Fiennes
Country of origin
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
No. of series2
No. of episodes10
Production
Running time60 minutes
Original release
Network
Release23 January 2007 (2007-01-23) –
5 March 2010 (2010-03-05)
Related
Hunter
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Five Days is a British dramatic television series produced by the BBC in association with Home Box Office (HBO). The first series was first broadcast on BBC One from 23 January to 1 February 2007, and repeated on BBC Four from 9 to 13 April 2007.

The first series follows five non-consecutive days (days 1, 3, 28, 33 and 79) of a police investigation into the disappearance of a young mother and her two children. It was written by Gwyneth Hughes and directed by Otto Bathurst and Simon Curtis. Music for the series was composed by Magnus Fiennes.[1]

A two-part spin-off called Hunter was broadcast on BBC One in January 2009. A second series of Five Days was developed by the BBC and broadcast on 1 March 2010 to 5 March 2010.[2]

  1. ^ "COOL Music Limited - Composers - Magnus Fiennes". Archived from the original on 4 February 2007. Retrieved 3 February 2007.
  2. ^ "Critically acclaimed drama series Five Days returns to BBC One" (Press release). BBC Press Office. 30 July 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2009.