Passenger

Passenger

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Series overview

Welcome to Chadder Vale, a close-knit town where nothing seems to perforate the mundane. D.I. Riya Ajunwa is bored of solving petty crimes by day and looking after her batty mother-in-law by night. So, when Katie Wells goes missing one night in the forest, Riya thinks this could be the case that changes everything. The only problem is, Katie Wells shows up at home, safe and sound, 24 hours after she disappeared.

But Riya’s not convinced. Something doesn’t add up. Where did Katie go, and why won’t she tell Riya what happened in the forest? What about the reports of other young people who are disappearing - all seemingly with a connection to the fracking site and the old tree on the town’s outskirts? And then there’s the dead stag on the forest road, which has been obliterated into a thousand pieces by someone. Or something.

Does it all have something to do with Katie’s dad Eddie Wells, who has just been released from prison? One drunken night 5 years ago he committed a monstrous crime, and Riya was the one who locked him up. Or does her nouveau-riche mate Derek - who runs the local bread factory - have something to do with it? He and his anxious brother are certainly hiding something.

Episode 2

As the town - and the Wells family - gather at the Carvery to grapple with the return of Eddie, Riya enlists Ali and Nish to help get to the bottom of what happened to Katie in the forest. Lilly takes out her anger on Jim, warning him that the protests are only just beginning. Katie and Mehmet hatch a plan to move to Manchester, but first, he has something important to do at home. Meanwhile, a stranger arrives in town, having made a pilgrimage to see the Tree of Good Hope.

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