Wolf: Now a major BBC TV series! A gripping and chilling thriller from the bestselling author (Jack Caffery, 7)

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Saaaaaaaaaaaaaaai...door de snel wisselende hoofdstukken van hooguit 1 á 2 bladzijden waarin afwisselend dader, slachtoffer en rechercheur een rol spelen werd ik niet meegezogen in het verhaal. Af en toe las ik een paar bladzijden en kon het boek makkelijk wegleggen...te weinig spanning? In an isolated house in Monmouthshire, the wealthy Anchor-Ferrers family find themselves the victims of a psychopath’s cruel games, trapped and terrorised. I think audiences will be hooked on WOLF because you just can't see where it's coming from or where it's going. That is, for me, the definition of a great thriller. With some, you can quite often see perhaps who's being set up, who will turn out to be the killer or the wrongdoer. But here, you really can't tell. It is extremely thrilling. Meanwhile, a posh family – Matilda Anchor-Ferrers (Stevenson), her husband, Oliver (Teale), and their 22-year-old daughter, Lucia (Annes Elwy) – return from their flat in London to their enormous, isolated, signal-less house in Wales on the anniversary of the murders. They find the landline has been cut and a load of intestines from a freshly gutted something or other have been strung about the garden, as well as assorted other signs that scream: “GET OUT NOW, FOOLS!” (They don’t. OK, that is totally believable. Just stay. Fine.)

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WOLF has something for everyone, especially those who like a great crime thriller. It's got plenty of horror, plenty of crime and a lot of action. It's got great dilemmas, interpersonal relationships and lots of twists and turns - everything that you could want. WOLF is unique because the series follows two parallel, quite deep and complex cases. It manipulates time with one storyline happening faster than the other but the two gradually catch up with each other to meet in their final culmination. Some elements are quite fantastical and theatrical which juxtaposes against the grit, gore and the action. I think audiences are really going to enjoy it. Meanwhile, Sian Reese-Williams ( Line Of Duty, Hidden) stars DI Maia Lincoln, a woman with a case to prove, Juliet Stevenson is Mathilda Anchor-Ferrers, an intelligent yet neurotic wealthy housewife, with Owen Teale ( Game Of Thrones) as her wealthy and well-connected husband Oliver. Annes Elwyplays their daughter Lucia Anchor-Ferrers. Another sweltering month in Charlotte, another boatload of mysteries past and present for overworked, overstressed forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.Hayder χρειαζόταν κάτι δυνατό. Κι αυτό ήρθε να το προσφέρει ο «Λύκος», αφού στις σελίδες του απαντώνται ερωτήματα που εκκρεμούσαν από τα παλιότερα βιβλία και ταλαιπωρούσαν τον κεντρικό ήρωα, αλλά και τον αναγνώστη. Για όσους έρχονται τώρα για πρώτη φορά σε επαφή με τη γραφή της Hayder, βέβαια, μάλλον θα είναι αρκετά δύσκολο να… συντονιστούν με το κομμάτι της αφήγησης που αφορά την προσωπική ζωή του ήρωα και θα πρέπει να αρκεστούν στην υπόθεση ομηρίας που εκτυλίσσεται στις σελίδες του βιβλίου. Άλλωστε, αυτή παρουσιάζει το δικό της ενδιαφέρον και μπορεί άνετα να σταθεί ως ένας αυτόνομος αστυνομικός γρίφος που ψάχνει τη λύση του. Can you tell us a little bit about the two narratives, how they're intertwined and how some of the characters never meet?

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Filming began in March 2022 [6] in Monmouthshire and in Cardiff. [7] First look images from the series were released in February 2023. [8] The rave scenes were filmed in Neath Abbey. Other filming locations included Penarth, Pontyclun, and Ewenny Priory in Bridgend. [9] Reception [ edit ] In 2006, 13-year-old Tair Rada was found dead inside a bloodied toilet cubicle at school in Israel. This four-part documentary series, originally a hit on Netflix, follows events during the search for her killer and exposes flaws in the criminal justice system. It starts with the arrest of Roman Zadorov, a Ukrainian immigrant who worked at the school. HR Earth 9pm, BBC Two Since as far as I can see the book doesn’t set out to be anything more substantial than entertainment, then it all comes down to whether the reader finds the subject matter entertaining. I didn’t. In truth, I found it to be reasonably well written unsavoury pulp with an absurd plot, and am entirely untempted to read any more of Hayder’s work. For which I imagine we are all grateful… We are soon into a world of conspiracy, snakes, teenage secrets, gruesome wounds, a hermit in the woods, a canine bellyful of jewellery, camp comedy, more snakes, a near-drowning, procedural police work, dream and nightmare sequences and voyeuristic torture scenes. (If you are not au fait with Hayder’s work, you should be warned that she liked to linger and this adaptation honours that commitment.) But there is never any explanation of what a donkey pitch is – unless, of course, I missed it as I fought to keep my head above the rising tide of absurdity. Nisbet, Megan (20 May 2023). "The Welsh-filmed dramas and TV series coming in 2023 and beyond". Walesonline . Retrieved 24 May 2023.

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Mo Hayder’s jobs included filmmaker, Tokyo nightclub hostess, and English language teacher in Asia. She was also the author of Birdman; The Treatment; The Devil of Nanking, winner of the Elle Magazine crime fiction prize; Pig Island, shortlisted for the Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel; Ritual, shortlisted both for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger award and for the coveted Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award; Skin; and Gone; as well as the winner of the 2011 Crime Writers’ Association Dagger in the Library award for outstanding body of work. She passed away in 2021 at the age of 59. plot twist στο τέλος της βασικής ιστορίας, και μια ασύλληπτη τροπή στην προσωπική υπόθεση του Κάφερι,μου έμεινε η εντύπωση πως ένας κύκλος έκλεισε οριστικά. Ukweli is best known for playing the role of FBI psychiatrist Dr Robert Borden in the American TV series Blindspot, which was shown in the UK on Sky Living. He’s also had roles in Humans, Grantchester, The Royals and Hard Sun. Juliet Stevenson plays nervous mother Matilda Anchor-Ferrers, who gets held hostage at her home. Juliet says: "Matilda is an upper middle class woman from a wealthy family. Her and her husband, Oliver, have two children. The son, who isn't present in the story, is a bit of a big success story which probablymeans a lot to this family as it seems there’s likely been pressure to be successful in this family. Their daughter, Lucia, who in worldly terms has been less successful and is very troubled. From when we first meet them in the car in the first scene, there is a lot of history and delicate references to the troubles that they’re bringing with them.