The Secret: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Coleraine, Northern Ireland, 1990. Colin Howell is a leading member of the Baptist community, and a loving husband and father. But when he meets fellow Baptist, Hazel Buchanan, they embark on an affair, which will have cataclysmic consequences for themselves, for Colin's wife Lesley and for Hazel's husband, Trevor, Wanting to remain in the Baptist church Colin refuses to consider divorce, but he and Hazel are desperate to find some way to be together. When Lesley's father dies, and she contemplates suicide, Colin believes that he has found a way...

Series details

• Title: The Secret
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 2016-04-29
• Final broadcast date listed: 2016-05-20
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.6/10
• TVMaze ID: 15678
• IMDb ID: tt5116280
• TVDB ID: 310263

Cast and credited roles

• James Nesbitt — Colin Howell
• Genevieve O'Reilly — Hazel Buchanan
• Laura Pyper — Lesley Howell
• Glen Wallace — Trevor Buchanan
• Jason Watkins — Pastor John Hansford

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-04-29; final listed air date 2016-05-20; episode order: 4.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Secret on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.