The Castaways | Preview (Channel 5)

Paramount+ original drama ais on Channel 5. The Castaways (5x60'), based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Lucy Clarke, starring Sheridan Smith and Celine Buckens in the lead roles.

The series sees sisters Lori (Sheridan Smith) and Erin (Celine Buckens) on the holiday of a lifetime in Fiji. After a huge fight, Erin never boards the island-hopping flight to their tropical resort – and the plane, with Lori on board, never arrives at its destination.

Months later, no wreckage has been found, no survivors discovered. With the search abandoned, Erin remains a lone, desperate voice refusing to give up hope. Suddenly, Lori’s credit card is used in a corner shop in a remote village in Fiji.

On the CCTV, Erin recognises the plane’s pilot back from the dead. She immediately sets out from the UK to find him and discover the mystery of her sister’s fate.

Jumping between the two sisters’ perspectives, we follow Erin’s present day investigation and Lori’s struggle for survival following the crash onto a tropical and remote desert island.

As dark secrets are revealed both in the past and present day, each shocking twist and turn slowly reveals the truth about what happened to Lori and her fellow passengers – a truth that someone on the island will kill to keep secret.

The Castaways is available now on Paramount+ and begins Sunday 26th January on Channel 5.