Ever since Midnight Express. Writers and filmmakers have been fascinated by the Turkish criminal system, especially its prisons.
No Return continues the trend. Sheridan Smith is Kathy, the matriarch of a family from Manchester on a beach holiday to Turkey.
It turns to a disaster. Noah their 16 year old son is arrested for sexual assaulting a slightly younger boy at a beach party.
Bewildered they get a flash criminal lawyer Rico but discover that the police are adamant that Noah was the predator and want to file charges.
At the hotel resort there is a freelance journalist from Britain sho smells a juicy story. The rest of the family are upset that their holiday has been ruined.
Meanwhile Kathy acts like a bull in a china shop despite husband Martin telling her to remain calm. Needing to do something she spits on the mother of a girl who accompanied Noah to the party. Then goes to the hotel of the boy who complained to the police, loudly shouting that he is a liar.
The first episode has very little to go on regarding the actions of Noah. There were bruises on his body before he went out. He was flirting with a girl at the hotel. The action takes place in the middle of the night when the police arrive at the hotel.
It really seems like a vehicle for Sheridan Smith. Everybody else is rather bland apart from Rico the lawyer who is just too unbelievable.
The trouble is Kathy going round angry, distraught and frustrated is a bit of a cliche. Her actions are more likely to send her son down for double the normal length.