The Five: Season 1

2016, Show

When they were twelve years old, Mark, Pru, Danny and Slade were out together in the park. Mark’s five-year-old brother, Jesse, was annoying them. They were mean – told him to get lost. Jesse ran away. He was gone. Never seen again. Twenty years later, Danny – now a detective – learns some shocking news. Jesse’s DNA has been found at a murder scene. He is alive and out there. Somewhere.

Country: United Kingdom

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Season 1

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7.5

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Critic Season 1 Sam Wollaston

The first TV show from the insanely successful crime writer grabs you and won’t let go.

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Four friends are reunited twenty years after the disappearance of of Mark's five-year-old brother Jesse. They thought that they would never see him again. Jesse had been playing in a park with them but had run away after they told him to get lost. But now DNA evidence has been found at a murder scene and it matches Jesse. Are they about to find out the truth about what happened all those years ago?

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You can stream The Five on: Sky Store

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Some TV shows that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as The Five include Dept. Q, High Potential, Lie to Me, Presumed Innocent, Dark, True Detective.