A new drama from Channel 5. It is usually tosh but they did well with the reboot of All Creatures Great and Small.
The Drowning starts with a young boy being drowned at a family picnic and then jumps 9 years later.
Jodie (Jill Halfpenny) is the mother who lost her 4 year old son son Tom, his body was never found.
One day while going to a meeting where she needs to make an important pitch for her gardening business. Jodie thinks she has seen her now teenage son walking to school. A scar that he has under his eye convinces her that this is Tom.
Before long Jodie has faked her criminal records certificate. She has managed to get a job at the school as a music tutor as Daniel the lad she thinks is Tom is rather handy with the guitar.
His father Mark (Rupert Penry-Jones) seems to be overprotective of his son and suspicious of Jodie.
There was no doubt that some of this was tosh. It was a bit convenient that the school needed a music tutor and it was a rather unconvincing interview process.
Unless Jodie has a criminal record, I was unsure why she needed to fake her criminal record certificate. A basic check is easy to obtain online via the appropriate agency.