Starring Matthew MacFayden, Daniel Mays, and Gerard McSorley

An explosive and gripping thriller about ambition and betrayal, Middletown is the powerful tale of two brothers battling for the heart and soul of their hometown.

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Matthew McFayden (In My Father's Den, Pride And Prejudice, Spooks) plays Gabriel, a preacher who returns after a long absence from Middletown, the place of his birth and childhood memories, only to find that things are not as they used to be. His brother's wife runs the town's local drinking den, and there are nightly cock fights and regular scuffles. As far as Gabriel is concerned the town's inhabitants have given over to vice and sin, and only he can save them. But Gabriel's intentions mask a dark and malevolent heart, and with a religious zeal, he pits neighbour against neighbour, thyreatening to disrupt the familial harmony that has existed up until now. Even Gabriel's family are not free from attack and his brother Jim (Daniel Mays) and his wife Caroline (Eva Birthistle) the first to suffer his anger.