Fancy watching a psychological and atmospheric thriller? ‘The Poison Tree’ may be for you. Have a watch of the new trailer released by ITV for the 2-parter which begins on the 10th December and stars, MyAnna Buring (Downton Abbey, White Heat),  Matthew Goode (Birdsong, A Single Man) and Ophelia Lovibond (No Strings Attached, Mr. Popper’s Penguins).

Written by ‘Law & Order UK’ scribe, Emilia di Girolamo and is based on the novel by Erin Kelly.

Karen Clarke (Buring) has spent twelve years waiting for her partner Rex (Goode) to be released from prison. Now he is free, she is looking forward to settling down to normal family life in their remote seaside cottage with their 11 year old daughter Alice (Hebe Johnson). But then Karen starts to receive silent phone calls and anonymous text messages and she can’t shake the feeling that she and her family are constantly being watched. It seems that despite her best efforts to keep their past a secret, someone somewhere knows the truth about what she and Rex did.

‘The Poison Tree’ begins Monday, 10 December at 9pm on ITV1.

Watch the trailer below…