The Feud (British TV series)

The Feud is a British six-part television drama that aired on Channel 5 from 14 to 23 April 2025. Its ensemble cast includes Jill Halfpenny, Rupert Penry-Jones, Larry Lamb, James Fleet, Tessa Peake-Jones, Amy Nuttall, Chris Gascoyne, Jamie-Lee O'Donnell, Ray Fearon, and Megan Trower.

The Feud
Genre	Drama
Created by	Aschlin Ditta
Screenplay by	Aschlin Ditta
Directed by	Andy de Emmony
Starring	Jill Halfpenny Rupert Penry-Jones Larry Lamb James Fleet Tessa Peake-Jones Amy Nuttall Chris Gascoyne Jamie-Lee O'Donnell Ray Fearon Megan Trower
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producers	Aschlin Ditta Andy de Emmony
Producer	Lesley Douglas
Running time	50 minutes
Production company	Lonesome Pine Productions
Original release
Network	Channel 5
Release	14 April (2025-04-14) – 23 April 2025 (2025-04-23)

Premise

Neighbours on an idyllic suburban street come to blows over one family's plan to build an extension on their property.^[1]

Cast

• Jill Halfpenny as Emma Bartlett
• Jamie-Lee O'Donnell as PC Gallagher
• Larry Lamb as Terry Dobson
• Amy Nuttall as Sonia Spence
• Rupert Penry-Jones as John Bartlett
• Ray Fearon as Alan Spence
• Tessa Peake-Jones as Barbara Abshire
• James Fleet as Derek Abshire
• Megan Trower as Beth Bartlett
• Alex Macqueen as Nick Hewitt
• Chris Gascoyne as Lee Hatby
• Judith Alexander as The Magistrate
• Joel Beckett as Ian Casey
• Luke Hammond as Marcus Abshire^[2]
• Joel Kai Ali as Abul Masood

Production

The six-part drama series is produced by Lonesome Pine Productions, in association with Banijay Rights and North East Screen. It is written and created by Aschlin Ditta and directed by Andy de Emmony with Lesley Douglas producing for Lonesome Pine Productions and Aschlin Ditta and Andy de Emmony executive producers.^[3]

The cast includes Jill Halfpenny, Jamie-Lee O'Donnell, Amy Nuttall, Rupert Penry-Jones, Ray Fearon, Tessa Peake-Jones, James Fleet and Megan Trower.^[4]

Filming took place in Newcastle and Jarrow in May 2024.^[5][6] Three houses in the same street of Benton, Tyne and Wear were used.^[7]

Broadcast

The series was aired on Channel 5 on 14 April 2025.^[8] It was shown internationally also, being broadcast on Virgin Media One in the Republic of Ireland during July and August 2025.

Reception

Benji Wilson in The Daily Telegraph gave the series one star and criticised it for "unoriginality". He did praise the cast saying that "there are one or two reasons to stick with The Feud but they extend only to a strong cast (Jill Halfpenny, Rupert Penry Jones, Adam Macqueen, Louisa Harland, James Fleet) doing their damnedest with limited material; and some unintended comedy".^[9]

Carol Midgely in The Times gave the series three stars and said that it "is so knowingly naff I am strangely hooked. I wonder actually if it is subtly sending up the genre" and that "drama cleverly taps into a modern malaise and, despite its mundanity and often shonky dialogue, harnesses the sheer toxicity of neighbour disputes that in real life can escalate".^[10]