No Place But the Water

No Place But the Water

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No Place But the Water episodes

  • Series 1: Episode 9

    Birdie has made a miraculous discovery on the roof of the hotel. But Jessie has gone to the forest and Caleb must find her before it is too late.

    THE ANGEL ..... Vinette Robinson

    CALEB ..... Ceallach Spellman
    SELENE/LAURIE ..... .Jenny Platt
    JESSIE ..... Sade Malone
    GIL ..... Rupert Hill
    BIRDIE ..... Poppy O’Brien
    MAURICE ..... Pearce Quigley

    Directed by Nadia Molinari

    Written by Linda Marshall Griffiths
    Programme consultants: Dr James M Lea and Dr Ian Dawson

    21 min
  • Series 1: Episode 8

    Caleb is rescued from the forest and together with Birdie and Jessie they try to find out more about the voice recording on the phone. Caleb realises he has heard the voice before and Birdie goes on a hunt for answers in the hotel. The secrets of the forest and the hotel begin to emerge.

    THE ANGEL ..... Vinette Robinson

    JESSIE ..... Sade Malone
    CALEB ..... Ceallach Spellman
    BIRDIE ..... Poppy O’Brien
    GIL ..... Rupert Hill
    SELENE..... .Jenny Platt
    MAURICE ..... Pearce Quigley

    Directed by Nadia Molinari

    Written by Linda Marshall Griffiths
    Programme consultants: Dr James M Lea and Dr Ian Dawson

    12 min
  • Series 1: Episode 7

    The family can no longer ignore the questions that they haven't dared ask: about the hotel; about the forest beyond it; about what happened to the people that were there before; about how everything can’t stay the same when the food is running out and the water keeps rising. But a new arrival brings hope.

    CALEB ..... Ceallach Spellman

    GIL ..... Rupert Hill
    LAURIE/SELENE ..... .Jenny Platt
    MAURICE ..... Pearce Quigley
    JESSIE ..... Sade Malone
    BIRDIE ..... Poppy O’Brien
    THE ANGEL ..... Vinette Robinson

    Directed by Nadia Molinari

    Written by Linda Marshall Griffiths
    Programme consultants: Dr James M Lea and Dr Ian Dawson

    14 min
  • Series 1: Episode 6

    Birdie discovers more recordings on the old phone that reveal more secrets of the island and the hotel and Caleb and Jessie get into trouble in the forest.

    CALEB ..... Ceallach Spellman

    GIL ..... Rupert Hill
    LAURIE/SELENE ..... .Jenny Platt
    MAURICE ..... Pearce Quigley
    JESSIE ..... Sade Malone
    BIRDIE ..... Poppy O’Brien
    THE ANGEL ..... Vinette Robinson

    Directed by Nadia Molinari

    Written by Linda Marshall Griffiths
    Programme consultants: Dr James M Lea and Dr Ian Dawson

    14 min
  • Series 1: Episode 5

    Convinced that there is something strange on the Island Caleb wants to know what is beyond the walled garden. He persuades Jessie to go into the forbidden forest.

    CALEB ..... Ceallach Spellman

    GIL ..... Rupert Hill
    LAURIE/SELENE ..... .Jenny Platt
    JESSIE ..... Sade Malone
    BIRDIE ..... Poppy O’Brien
    THE ANGEL ..... Vinette Robinson

    Directed by Nadia Molinari

    Written by Linda Marshall Griffiths
    Programme consultants: Dr James M Lea and Dr Ian Dawson

    17 min
  • Series 1: Episode 4

    How will the family cope with the arrival of strangers to the island and who saved Birdie from the swarm of bees?

    CALEB ..... Ceallach Spellman

    GIL ..... Rupert Hill
    LAURIE/SELENE ..... .Jenny Platt
    MAURICE ..... Pearce Quigley
    JESSIE ..... Sade Malone
    BIRDIE ..... Poppy O’Brien
    THE ANGEL ..... Vinette Robinson

    Directed by Nadia Molinari

    Written by Linda Marshall Griffiths
    Programme consultants: Dr James M Lea and Dr Ian Dawson

    17 min
  • Series 1: Episode 3

    No-one believes Birdie when she says they are being watched but she is convinced that she has seen an Angel. Birdie’s search for the Angel puts her in danger.

    JESSIE ..... Sade Malone

    BIRDIE ..... Poppy O’Brien
    THE ANGEL ..... Vinette Robinson
    MAURICE ..... Pearce Quigley
    GIL ..... Rupert Hill
    LAURIE/SELENE ..... Jenny Platt

    Directed by Nadia Molinari

    Written by Linda Marshall Griffiths
    Programme Consultants: Dr James M Lea and Dr Ian Dawson

    17 min
  • Series 1: Episode 2

    Birdie is convinced there is someone watching them; someone hiding in the hotel; she thinks it is an ‘angel’. When Laurie finds something in the cellar she realises that something terrible happened in the hotel before their arrival.

    JESSIE ..... Sade Malone

    BIRDIE ..... Poppy O’Brien
    THE ANGEL ..... Vinette Robinson
    MAURICE ..... Pearce Quigley
    GIL ..... Rupert Hill
    LAURIE..... Jenny Platt

    Directed by Nadia Molinari

    Written by Linda Marshall Griffiths
    Programme Consultants: Dr James M Lea and Dr Ian Dawson

    14 min
  • Series 1: Episode 1

    There is a hotel on the edge of the water, run by a messy family of dreamers in the middle of nowhere. There is also a wild pig called Barking. But the water keeps rising, there are no guests, food is running out and Birdie has found a recording of a voice on a discarded phone and she thinks they are being watched.

    JESSIE ..... Sade Malone

    BIRDIE ..... Poppy O’Brien
    MAURICE ..... Pearce Quigley
    LAURIE..... Jenny Platt
    THE ANGEL ..... Vinette Robinson

    Directed by Nadia Molinari

    Written by Linda Marshall Griffiths
    Programme Consultants: Dr James M Lea and Dr Ian Dawson

    14 min
  • Introducing No Place But the Water

    A family run a hotel at the edge of the water. But the food is running out and the water keeps rising.

    When there is no place but the water, where do you go?

    A drama series set in a future flooded world. Written by Linda Marshall Griffiths.

    3 min

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A family run a hotel at the edge of the water. But the food is running out and the water keeps rising.

When there is no place but the water, where do you go?

A drama series set in a…

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