'The acting is nicely understated – particularly from David Morrissey, who only got going last night, and Suranne Jones as DC Franklin. And though some people might find the pace too stately for a police procedural, I think the insanely complex plot benefits from having the space to breathe over five days.'
The Guardian '...it's a multilayered thriller juggling plenty of characters...So instantly and utterly addictive that you might as well cancel any plans you had for going out until Friday now.'
Mail On Sunday '...Gwyneth Hughes's second series of big issues and mysteries means there is no need to make other plans for the next five nights'
Sunday Times

'It’s asking a lot of time-pressed modern types to commit to a show that’s on every night of the week. But two days into Five Days (BBC1) and it’s looking like the commitment is well worth it: the traps have been set in this intelligent and uncompromising story and, like with a book whose pages you can’t help but keep turning, a strange kind of spell has been cast.'
Metro

'Suranne Jones, in particular, did a magnificent job as DC Laurie Franklin...'
Telegraph

'...the script contained fantastic individual moments: an early exchange between Jones's cautiously PC PC; her foot-in-mouth mum; and a Muslim cab driver offered a masterclass in social observation. There was also a wonderful honesty in the way Jones and Morrissey's will-they-won't-they romantic tension climaxed, not in quivering declarations but in a sozzled Morrissey's bald proposal...'
Independent