‘Gripping’ eight-part thriller series with Tip Toe’s David Morrissey now streaming for free

The Channel 4 series also features stars from The Dark Knight Rises, Coronation Street and The Wire

A ‘gripping’ eight-part thriller series with Tip Toe’s David Morrissey is now streaming for free in the UK.

Released last month, Tip Toe was a major hit for Channel 4 from the creator of It’s A Sin’s Russell T Davies. It launched as the broadcaster’s best new 9pm drama debut since Patience in January 2025.

The five-part series follows Alan Cumming as Leo and Morrissey as Clive, with the pair having lived next door to each other in Manchester for almost 15 years. But just as life should be settling down, the world around them is growing more tense.

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Words become weapons, opinions become radicalised, and gradually, two neighbours become deadly enemies in a tense, suburban thriller which challenges everything we consider to be safe. The series was praised for shining a spotlight on the prejudices which are creeping back into our lives.

Liverpool native Morrissey, 62, became a household name in the UK when he played Gordon Brown in The Deal and Stephen Collins in State of Play, both released in 2003. His most famous role is undoubtedly The Governor in the third and fourth seasons of The Walking Dead.

Recent years have also seen him play CS Ian St Clair in the BBC drama Sherwood and star alongside Eve Myles in the ITV thriller Gone. However, there’s one of Morrissey’s best works that appears to have unfairly gone under the radar.

Premiering on Channel 4 in 2007, Meadlowands, or Cape Wrath if you live in the United States, drew comparisons to Twin Peaks upon its arrival. The psychological thriller follows the Brogan family’s entry into witness protection as they settle into an apparently idyllic suburban neighbourhood.

However, it soon becomes clear that their history threatens to resurface as the neighbourhood slowly becomes tangled in a web of deception, mistrust and menace. It ran for just eight episodes before being cancelled due to low ratings.

Its synopsis reads: “Picturesque and crime-free, Meadowlands appears to be a suburban paradise where the Brogan family can start a new life.

“However, they soon realise that it is not so easy to escape the past, and their haven becomes a world of paranoia and psychological intrigue with shocking surprises around every corner – especially the particularly stunning revelation that they can never leave.”

With Morrissey playing Danny Brogan, the stacked cast features a number of huge stars just before they exploded in popularity. Leading the cast is none other than The Dark Knight Rises’ Tom Hardy as Jack Donnelly.

Also showing off their talents is COBRA’s Lucy Cohu, Coronation Street’s Tristan Gemmill, Casualty’s Melanie Hill, Death in Paradise’s Don Gilet, Blue Lights’ Sian Brooke and The Wire’s Clarke Peters.

For anyone not invested in the ongoing World Cup looking for a perfect weekend watch, Meadowlands is the perfect solution. Just don’t get too attached to it like viewers did in 2007 before its brutal cancelation.

All episodes of Meadowlands will be available to stream on 5 from Thursday, July 2.