Monday-Thursday, 9pm, Channel 5 Drama (box set, 5 formerly known as My5)
A busy family's decision to get some much-needed assistance around the house turns into a nightmare in Channel 5's thriller The Au Pair.
The four-parter centres on seamstress Zoe (Sally Bretton), who lives in the Cotswolds with her doctor husband Chris (Kenny Doughty) and stepchildren Amber (Margot Pue) and Noah (Ripley Barden), while caring for her former gynaecologist father George (Sir David Suchet), who has diabetes, and lives in the annexe.
Devious tactics
As commitments mount, Zoe, who's also grieving the loss of her unborn baby, reluctantly agrees to Chris' suggestion they get an au pair and they hire Sandrine (Ludmilla Makowski), who's from France.
But Sandrine has used underhand tactics to worm her way into Zoe and Chris' lives. While appearing obliging, she starts a secret, malicious campaign to cause ten...