The Island
Seen it?2025 | 1 seasons | 50 min | Drama, Mystery
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a small audience and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing. If you loved Lost, start here.
- The mood
- Tense.
- The pace
- One season: easy to finish in a weekend or two, episodes of about 50 minutes, about 3 hours in all.
- What might put you off
- Nothing much for most grown-ups.
Kat Crichton is a young Family Liaison Officer assigned to investigate the brutal murder of the wife of a local tycoon at a remote island mansion. The murder investigation unravels on the island of Lewis and Harris, from where Kat mysteriously fled ten years previously.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Limited series that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 48K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Created by Nick Osborne
- Sorcha GroundsellKat Crichton
- Sagar RadiaDCI Ahmed Halim
- Iain MacRaeSir Douglas
- Sinead MacInnesEilidh
- Elspeth TurnerLady Mary
- Andrew MacinnesCalum
- Meredith BrookSìne
- Sam James SmithRuaraidh