Review of What Remains

This is a, outstanding drama in which suspense is created by uncertainty about the true nature of the characters in a house. The unexplained death of a very overweight, shy, lonely female tenant in the house is the start of an endeavour to get to the truth by a detective who is retiring on the day her body is found. His dogged continuation of the investigation after his retirement seems partly based on his own shock at the loneliness and insignificance of his own life outside the workplace.

The sense of alienation between neighbours and the themes of isolation, loneliness and secrecy simmer. The acting is uniformly outstanding and the house menacing. The ending is surprising, but believable and David Threlfall's performance is compelling throughout.