# Cold Water (2025)

> A man in a mid-life crisis moves his family to a remote Scottish village and becomes entangled in a dangerous friendship with a sinister neighbour.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/172719

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 6
- Episode runtime: 47 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: drama, thriller, crime
- Created by: David Ireland
- Network: ITV1
- Cast: Andrew Lincoln, Ewen Bremner, Eve Myles, Indira Varma, Samuel Bottomley, Lois Chimimba, Amara Atwal, Dhilan Miller
- TMDB rating: 6.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32778097/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: tense, unsettling, brooding, claustrophobic, dread-filled

## Synopsis

Coldwater (2025) is a British six-episode limited series created by David Ireland for ITV1. Andrew Lincoln plays John, a man in the midst of a mid-life crisis who moves his family to a remote Scottish village seeking a fresh start. Ewen Bremner plays Tommy, a sinister neighbour whose friendship with John grows increasingly dangerous, while Eve Myles plays Rebecca, a figure whose unease with the village deepens as the community's quiet surface begins to crack. The engine of the series is John's drift toward a bond he cannot easily break, as each episode tightens the pressure on his family and his own judgement. Set in a rural Scottish highland community, the story is built around close-knit neighbourhood routines, church life and the isolation of a place where everyone notices everything. The tone is tense and unsettling, with dread building slowly and a psychological thriller atmosphere that turns on trust, guilt and the damage done to people who think they know their neighbours. Violence arrives in measured bursts, and the chilling emotional register recalls the slow-burn small town unease of Broadchurch and the bleak rural secrets of Top of the Lake. Fans of Fargo will also find the mild everyman pulled into danger familiar. Shorter than most dramas, it rewards full attention across its tightly plotted run.

## Shows like Cold Water

- [The Loch (2017)](https://ember.film/tv/62856)
- [Blackshore (2024)](https://ember.film/tv/161310)
- [The Missing (2014)](https://ember.film/tv/54870)
- [The Pact (2021)](https://ember.film/tv/104017)
- [Safe (2018)](https://ember.film/tv/63441)
- [Born to Kill (2017)](https://ember.film/tv/62333)
- [The Suspect (2022)](https://ember.film/tv/119250)
- [The Game (2025)](https://ember.film/tv/196456)
- [Gone (2026)](https://ember.film/tv/1105189)
- [The Secret of Crickley Hall (2012)](https://ember.film/tv/52610)

---

Site overview: https://ember.film/llms.txt