RIPTIDE is a new thriller that has landed on Channel 5.
Starring a star-studded cast, here is who you can expect to see on your screen.
Jo Joyner leads the cast as Alison Weston in Riptide.
Joyner is well known to many British viewers as Tanya Branning in the soap EastEnders.
She is also known for her appearances in Ackley Bridge and the BBC crime drama Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators.
Starring opposite Joyner is Peter O’Brien, an Australian actor who plays Alison’s husband Sean Weston.
Peter is best known for playing Shane Ramsay in the original cast of Neighbours.
He has also had roles in Casualty, The Bill and Doctor Who.
David Berry is an Australian-Canadian actor.
He is well known for his role in the television series A Place To Call Home as James Bligh, a man tortured by society’s treatment of his homosexuality, in 1950s Australia.
Berry also played Lord John Grey in the TV series Outlander.
Ciarán Joseph Griffiths is an English actor from Manchester.
He is perhaps best known for playing gay gangster Mickey Maguire in the comedy-drama Shameless, in which he starred in from 2007 to 2012.
His other TV credits include City Road, The Bill, Holby City, Waterloo Road, and EastEnders.
Benjamin “Benny” Turland is an Australian actor and dancer and choreographer.
He is known for his breakout role as Hendrix Greyson on the TEN/Fremantle TV series Neighbours.
Turland also had a short role in the series Home and Away in 2016.
Asher Yasbincek is an Australian-born and raised actress from Perth.
She rose to prominence for her role in the ABC award-winning Australian series The Heights.
In 2022, she played Ayesha Madon in the Netflix comedy series Heartbreak High.
Rounding off the cast of Riptide includes:
Riptide is a four-part series that landed on Channel 5 on December 27.
Each episode is aired over four consecutive nights at 9 pm.
Fear not if you have missed any episodes as they will all become available over on My5.
