HOPE SPRINGS
IT TAKES a certain type of programme to tick all the right boxes when it comes to Sunday evening telly.
Escapism is essential, as is plenty of pretty scenery and a good selection of likeable characters, but you also need a central storyline with at least a little substance.
And on early evidence this new comedy-drama, starring Alex Kingston, Sian Reeves, Christine Bottomley and Vinette Robinson, shows promise on pretty much every front.
Ellie, Hannah, Shoo and Josie are a bunch of ex-cons whose plan is to start a whole new life in Barbados – but whose dream, fuelled by £3 million pinched from Ellie’s husband, is about to become a nightmare.
The four pals end up instead in a remote Scottish village, where a rundown hotel becomes their cover.