Channel 5 viewers all say same thing about gripping | UK News

(*5*)Channel 5 viewers have been united in their response just minutes into the gripping new drama, Little Disasters. The psychological thriller, which initially premiered in May 2025 on Paramount+, made its Channel 5 debut on Sunday night time (14th June) and is tailored from Sarah Vaughan’s bestselling novel of the same identify.

Little Disasters chronicles a decade-long friendship between expectant moms Jess (Diane Kruger), Liz (Jo Joyner), Charlotte (Shelley Conn) and Mel (Emily Taaffe). However, when Jess arrives at hospital with her child daughter Betsy struggling from an unexplained head injury, her close good friend and on-duty A&E doctor, Liz, faces the agonising determination to contact social providers.

This essential second triggers a chain of occasions that threatens to destroy both their friendship and their respective households. Following the opening episode, followers shared their verdict on Little Disasters – and they have been totally impressed, reviews the Mirror.

On Facebook, one viewer declared: “I watched this, broke my heart.” Another chimed in: “This was BRILLIANT.” A 3rd agreed: “I adored this series. So good.” Someone else penned: “This was brilliant I caught the series last year and binged it one Saturday it was addictive.”

Meanwhile, discussing the show, actress Diane Kruger beforehand told Awards Buzz: “This is every parent’s worst nightmare. I think we all know what it could feel like to lose a child. Everything is heightened. We all know what the arrival of a kid means for a relationship, and this really strange group of friends that shows up with parenthood. All these mothers from preschool and from school gatherings that come into your life.

“It’s a very explicit time in everybody’s life. I do assume it is a actually enjoyable show, it is a very entertaining show. It’s a whodunnit. It’s fast-paced, and it has all the weather of what I like to watch in a show, and the remainder just, hopefully, may be very genuine. We’ll see.”

Jo Joyner has also previously spoken about the programme, revealing that this approach to storytelling not only prompted her to take on the role, but represents something entirely fresh compared to anything she had seen on television before.

She explained: “I do know anyone who suffered with postnatal OCD, and I had only just lately came upon about it myself. So, I assumed it was a actually great matter to explore, truly.

“Any kind of postnatal depression must be horrendous. I was lucky I didn’t suffer from it myself. I can’t imagine having such intrusive thoughts about your own child, and I think that was another brilliant thing to bring up, but also serves well for a thriller, doesn’t it?”

You can watch Little Disasters on Channel 5.