15 Days

What do you get when you combine a badly written script, massively over-emoting cliched characters, unnecessary human and animal brutality, and a contested will? 15 days. Thank the stars it was only four episodes.

15 days is a brilliant idea, it is a perceptive study of a dysfunctional family from a great cast. Highly recommended viewing.

I only started watching to see Catherine Tyldesley who I'd seen in Coronation Street some years ago when I used to watch it. I was curious to see what she could do with another part and she is terrific in this story about a dysfunctional family who meet up in Wales to scatter their mother's ashes and sort out the farm estate. It is melodrama but exceptionally well acted by the entire cast, even though they are on the whole, unlikeable. In spite of that I found it to be compelling viewing, loved it, unlike other reviewers here.

Be prepared they murder a couple of animals for no reason. The show with the reverse storyline is an intriguing way to tell a story. Every character is a case study on being a terrible person.

Not sure why the rating is so low for the show but it's pretty decent. You don't know 'whodunnit' until maybe the last two minutes of the show and it's not who you would expect. I recommend it.