Can You Keep a Secret? stars Dawn French, Mark Heap and Craig Roberts, who play a family fraught with deception, fraud and drama
re you searching for a crime-riddled comedy with a stellar cast to binge? The BBC has released a first-look trailer for Can You Keep a Secret?, an upcoming sitcom starring Dawn French that sounds like the perfect addition to your New Year watchlist.
Told in six bingeable 30-minute episodes, the series follows recently widowed Debbie Fendon, who shocks her unsuspecting son when she reveals that her husband is not actually dead. After William (Mark Heap) is mistakenly pronounced deceased, Debbie seizes the opportunity and decides to wait out the life insurance payout in order to protect her family’s future.
This one is definitely at the top of my watchlist – not only does it star the one and only Dawn French, who I’ve loved ever since watching her play Geraldine Granger in The Vicar of Dibley, but it also boasts a supporting cast including Mark Heap (Friday Night Dinner) and Craig Roberts (Submarine), who are bound to keep viewers giggling from start to finish. Plus, fans of hit sitcom This Country should take note, as the series is written by Simon Mayhew-Archer, one of the creative forces behind the BBC favourite.
Keep reading to find out everything you need to know about Can You Keep a Secret?, which has been dubbed a “story of an odd little family you haven’t met yet, but that you already know”.
What to expect from Can You Keep a Secret?
The show follows Debbie Fendon, a granny, lawn bowler, tinpot dictator and recent widow who will stop at nothing to make sure her family is protected.
The synopsis reads: “Unfortunately, most of the time the person they really need protecting from is her. When her hermit-like husband William (Mark Heap) unexpectedly dies, she makes an outlandish decision that will put the family under more pressure than ever before.
