Loving Ellora Torchia right now!

We have official info via Channel 4 official press release!

On The Edge: Cradled is a "gut-wrenching horror about a young mother experiencing a breakdown."

No air date yet, but it's in post production so could definitely be this year!

Read the full press release here:

On the Edge, Channel 4’s BAFTA nominated strand of dramas championing new film-making talent returns for a third series

Cradled is a gut-wrenching horror about a young mother experiencing a breakdown.  Written by Nessah Muthy and directed by Chloe Wicks.

On The Edge, Channel 4’s BAFTA nominated anthology of dramas is returning for a third series. Produced by BlackLight Television, a Banijay UK company, the brand-new films will once again be written and directed by the most exciting new talent in the UK.  This series explores the impact of mental health in families, depicted through the lens of different parent-child relationships and brought to life through three exciting genres – a romantic comedy, a road trip and a horror.

I may have taken a couple of screengrabs!

Damien with the cast and crew of Cradled (?)

A slightly more spoilerific episode guide in the Radio Times!

Wonderful post from Damien on his IG page, with more info about the issues raised in the film.

Another new image too!

Cradled is now available to watch on All4

Having watched Cradled 3 times now, I'm convinced it will win awards. As a piece of drama it does so many things in half an hour, so beautifully crafted from the writing to the final film.

*Spoilers warning!*

Both characters are on a journey as a couple but also individually, Lenny learning that his belief and hope early on that Maia is over her postnatal psychosis is completely wrong, she is not ok at all and she is dealing with it on her own, secretly.

While Lenny is a wonderful, natural Father, who clearly adores Vivi, who clearly adores him, Maia's sense of failure and secrecy is reinforced when she looks at their bond, compared to hers and their baby.

Maia endures her own private torture, not able to tell Lenny or her Mum, who think she is 'over it', trying to function, to be a Mum, to be her Mum's "strong girl" and be grateful for how '"lucky" she is... and utterly terrified within her own mind. Her Mum trying to help but in denial and inadvertently making things worse, "everyone is obsessed with mental health these days" adds pressure on her to hide it. The few occasions when the baby 'speaks', and only she can hear, add a chilling horror to what she must be experiencing, which then amplifies as she begins to see her own reflection taunting her. Her Mum adds to the terror by telling her she mustn't say how she feels or they will take her baby away.

What is so heartbreaking is how they have no idea just how hard she is struggling..or the degree to which she is affected, only when she is actually at the point of suicide do they understand. The scene where Lenny talks to Maia as she teeters on the edge of the balcony is his point or full realisation, and when she finally feels able to ask for help.

So glad that it didn't end there, my heart really needed the final scene.