If you loved The Perfect Couple you need to binge new BBC drama launching tonight-Ruth Lawes-Entertainment – Metro

Prespare for BBC thriller Apples Never Fall to be your next obsession (Picture: BBC / Peacock TV / Jasin Boland)

If you’re mourning the end of The Perfect Couple and are on the hunt for your next glossy thriller to binge, look no further than this BBC drama.

Starting tonight on the broadcaster, Apples Never Fall shares the same DNA as the Nicole Kidman drama: a wealthy family, a dark mystery, and probably a Wasp woman wrapped in a shawl sipping a glass of white wine al fresco.

The seven-part drama follows the disappearance of matriarch Joy Delaney (Annette Bening) just as she’s about to settle into retired life after selling the tennis school she owned with husband Stan Delaney (Sam Neill).

After she goes missing, her four adult children Amy (Alison Brie), Logan (Conor Merrigan), Troy (Jake Lacy) and Brooke (Essie Randles) are forced to revisit the image of their parents being the perfect couple, while family secrets resurface.

Apples Never Fall is adapted from the book of the same name by Liane Moriarty, the author behind Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers, which were also adapted into TV shows starring Nicole.

On Rotten Tomatoes, viewers have been raving about Apples Never Fall – which was released on Peacock in the US earlier this year.

The show follows the disappearance of a wealthy matriach (Picture: BBC / Peacock TV / Vince Valitutti)

Apples Never Fall unravels the perfect veneer of a rich American family (Picture: BBC / Peacock TV / Jasin Boland)

Katie L enthused: ‘I loved this series! Had to force myself not to binge it. It’s classic Moriarty… family issues layered with mystery. Annette Benning and most of the other actors did a fantastic job playing their characters.’

Echoing Katie’s sentiment, Allison D exclaimed: ‘I loved this series. I watched it in 2 evenings. Great actors and I was hooked. It was a suspenseful, short, mini-series that kept me engaged and distracted from my life. I thoroughly enjoyed it!’

Kari M wrote: ‘About half way through the first episode I was hooked! The twists and turns of the plot were surprising, and the development of the characters was very believable and relatable. ‘

Mike P also added: ‘I had to finish it in 3 days. Seven episodes is the right amount of time to explore the characters, give us enough twists and not drag on at all. I really enjoyed it.’

The show has many similarities to Netflix’s The Perfect Couple (Picture: Seacia Pavao/Netflix)

But Apples Never Fall is not the only banging thriller you can find on the BBC if you want to spend the entire weekend on the sofa.

Nightsleeper, about a sleeper train that is hacked on a journey from Glasgow to London, has been hailed as the next Line of Duty or Bodyguard by viewers.

Peaky Blinders actor Joe Cole plays off-duty police officer Joe Roag in the six-parter and previously told Metro.co.uk when reading the script he wondered ‘how can this get any worse’ for all the characters.

‘I thought the writers might run out of ideas, but it got progressively more bonkers, which is perfect really and what you want and it’s certainly something I’d tune into if I was a viewer,’ he said, adding he became much more aware of the ‘scary’ threat of hacking while filming the series.

Apples Never Fall is written by the same author as smash hit Big Little Lies (Picture: HBO)

‘Yeah, I mean, it was interesting. I was just talking to somebody the other day about they like, “Do you think this could happen?” Just about if this could happen in real life? Although I don’t think it would be in this capacity, it’s a bit scary isn’t it,’ he said.

There are also two seasons of Sherwood to devour on iPlayer, which initially followed a series of dramatic murders in the Nottinghamshire mining village, where locals were still reeling from the impact of the 1980s miners’ strikes.

The first season also managed to achieve a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes, with a 71% average audience score.

Apples Never Fall starts on BBC One and iPlayer tonight at 9.25pm.

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