Channel 5

TV REVIEW

Welcome to this week's mad woman drama on Channel 5

A pattern is developing with Channel 5’s week-long dramas. First come the red-top titles like Cold Call, Intruder, Too Good to be True, and The Ex-Wife. Second, the lead character is female and overwrought to the point she fears madness taking hold. Her tormentors are invariably men who are fully paid up members of the Terry Thomas Absolute Shower Club. Third, said woman is played by Sally Lindsay, as seen in Cold Call, Intruder, and now Love Rat (Channel 5, Monday-Thursday), the latest offering in what I hereby name the second Mrs de Winter/mad woman slot.