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Daily Record
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
Code of Silence viewers in agreement over new 'thought provoking' ITV drama
Code of Silence viewers were all in agreement as they watched Rose Ayling-Ellis' new drama on ITV on Sunday night Viewers of the gripping new ITV drama Code of Silence were unanimous in their praise for Rose Ayling-Ellis, who rose to fame as a deaf Strictly Come Dancing champion and actress on EastEnders. The compelling series kicked off its premiere on Sunday evening (May 18), showcasing Ayling-Ellis's latest role since leaving Albert Square. In her portrayal of Alison Brooks in Code of Silence, Rose plays a police canteen worker whose years of lip-reading come to the fore when she is brought onto a case involving a major heist plotted by a notorious gang. As the narrative escalates, the central character finds herself becoming entangled with one of the people under investigation. Ahead of the show's launch, ITV announced a significant alteration to their advertising approach for the evening, which was relayed via their social media platforms, reports the Manchester Evening News. A statement given by an ITV representative revealed: "Tonight's episode of Code of Silence will feature a silent ad break, where all adverts will be signed and/or subtitled and run without sound." This creative move aimed at boosting awareness around deafness saw advertisements from The National Lottery, Virgin Atlantic, Boots Hearingcare, Ikea, Walkers and Aldi broadcast silently, accompanied only by subtitles. Audiences took to X, previously known as Twitter, to express their thoughts on the innovative ad campaign and the compelling nature of the new drama. @KDCunliffe applauded: "Bravo @ITV. The advert break is genius. So thought provoking. Brilliant work." @lornawatts echoed the sentiments with: "ITV airing silent ads during the ad break of the show is a really nice touch. #CodeOfSilence." The innovation spurred @RyanSoapKing25 to comment: "I hope this raise much needed awareness within the deaf community through this drama and the silent ads moment." Meanwhile, @putasinghonit was deeply impressed: "ITV turning down the sound for the adverts during #CodeOfSilence and including subtitles and interpreters is a big, big WOW! ! !" Engagement with the portrayal of the deaf community continued as @J13Bally shared: "I enjoyed Code of Silence last night. I also thought that was a touching and respectful gesture to deaf people to turn the sound off and just add subtitles in one of the ad breaks." The novel approach resonated with @kirbyhazard who shared: "Watching #CodeOfSilence and I like that ITV are choosing to play silent ads that's are withered signed or subtitled." In the run-up to the first episode, Andy Kyriacou, controller of ITV Channels, ITV Commercial, hailed Code of Silence as 'groundbreaking', highlighting its critical role in representing the deaf community. "I'm really pleased to be also bringing this into our commercial airtime. We've worked closely with the brands involved in this innovative ad break to introduce something different that captures viewers' attention and aligns with the drama's theme," he enthused. Join the Daily Record WhatsApp community! Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today. You'll receive daily updates on breaking news as well as the top headlines across Scotland. No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Daily Record team. All you have to do is click here if you're on mobile, select 'Join Community' and you're in! If you're on a desktop, simply scan the QR code above with your phone and click 'Join Community'. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. To leave our community click on the name at the top of your screen and choose 'exit group'.
Scotsman
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Code of Silence cast: who is the guest star in episode 5?
Code of Silence will feature a big guest star in the latest episode 🚨 Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Code of Silence surprises fans with a big guest star. Rose Ayling-Ellis leads the cast of the acclaimed drama. But who are the actors in episode five? ITV is set to surprise fans with a big guest star appearance in Code of Silence's latest episode. The familiar face will delight viewers and catch audiences off guard. Rose Ayling-Ellis leads the cast of the acclaimed thriller - about a deaf woman brought into a police investigation because of her lip-reading skills. The stakes are rising as the show nears its conclusion. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad But who else will appear in the latest episode of the ITV show? Here's all you need to know: Who is the guest star in Code of Silence this week? Rose Ayling-Ellis in Code of Silence episode five | Mammoth/ ITV Spoilers for Code of Silence episode five to follow. Don't read unless you want the surprise to be ruined. ITV is set to continue Code of Silence with episode five tonight (June 1). It will start at 9pm and will run for an hour, ending at 10pm. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad After lots of mentions of Alison's absent father so far in the series - we finally meet him in this episode. He is played by none other than John Bishop, yes that John Bishop. The stand-up comedian is no stranger to more dramatic roles having previously appeared in ITV's Fearless in 2017 - playing Steve Livesey. He also was Dan Lewis in series 13 of Doctor Who and in the 2022 specials as well. Rose Ayling-Ellis and John Bishop in Code of Silence | Mammoth/ ITV What to expect from Code of Silence tonight? The preview for episode five, via Radio Times , reads: 'Alison's feelings for Liam threaten to undermine the police's investigation, but after learning he has been using her to mislead the cops about the heist by hacking her hearing aids, she races to the gang's true target of the Hawthorne Estate Hotel. 'Meanwhile, the gang led by Braden executes their plan to steal the Joshi necklace using chaos and Liam's hacking to breach security, but a fatal shooting occurs.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Who is in the cast of Code of Silence? Beyond the surprise guest appearance in episode five, the show has had a fairly consistent cast throughout its early episodes. As previously mentioned, Rose Ayling-Ellis takes on the lead role in this ITV show - but she is also joined by plenty of recognisable faces. The main cast includes: Rose Ayling-Ellis as Alison Brooks Charlotte Ritchie as DS Ashleigh Francis Andrew Buchan as DI James Marsh Kieron Moore as Liam Barlow Other actors set to appear in the show include Nathan Armarkwei Laryea, Joe Absolom, Beth Goddard, Andrew Scarborough, Fifi Garfield and Rolf Choutan. Where do you know Code of Silence cast from? Rose Ayling-Ellis was recently a guest star in the latest season of Doctor Who. She appeared in The Well - a surprise sequel to beloved classic Midnight - playing lone survivor Aliss. It has been a busy 2025, with Rose having also appeared in the BBC drama Reunion. But you may recognise her from the 19th series of Strictly Come Dancing back in 2021 which she won - as well as her role as Frankie Lewis in EastEnders. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Kieron Moore was part of the cast for Apple TV's Masters of the Air in 2024. He also had a lead role in the streaming series Vampire Academy and appeared in Netflix's The Sandman. Viewers may recognise Charlotte Ritchie from the hit comedy series Ghosts, in which she played the lead role of Alison throughout the full show. She was also in Call the Midwife from 2015 to 2018 as Barbara Gilbert and also had a lead role in the final two seasons of Netflix's You. Andrew Buchan might feel like one of those faces you can't quite place - but he has had many roles on TV over the years. He played Mark Latimer in Broadchurch and was Wallace Webb in Netflix's Black Doves late last year. Have you got a story you want to share with our readers? You can now send it to us online via YourWorld at . It's free to use and, once checked, your story will appear on our website and, space allowing, in our newspapers.
Scotsman
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Code of Silence cast: who is the guest star in episode 5?
Code of Silence will feature a big guest star in the latest episode 🚨 Sign up to our Arts and Culture newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Code of Silence surprises fans with a big guest star. Rose Ayling-Ellis leads the cast of the acclaimed drama. But who are the actors in episode five? ITV is set to surprise fans with a big guest star appearance in Code of Silence's latest episode. The familiar face will delight viewers and catch audiences off guard. Rose Ayling-Ellis leads the cast of the acclaimed thriller - about a deaf woman brought into a police investigation because of her lip-reading skills. The stakes are rising as the show nears its conclusion. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad But who else will appear in the latest episode of the ITV show? Here's all you need to know: Who is the guest star in Code of Silence this week? Rose Ayling-Ellis in Code of Silence episode five | Mammoth/ ITV Spoilers for Code of Silence episode five to follow. Don't read unless you want the surprise to be ruined. ITV is set to continue Code of Silence with episode five tonight (June 1). It will start at 9pm and will run for an hour, ending at 10pm. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad After lots of mentions of Alison's absent father so far in the series - we finally meet him in this episode. He is played by none other than John Bishop, yes that John Bishop. The stand-up comedian is no stranger to more dramatic roles having previously appeared in ITV's Fearless in 2017 - playing Steve Livesey. He also was Dan Lewis in series 13 of Doctor Who and in the 2022 specials as well. Rose Ayling-Ellis and John Bishop in Code of Silence | Mammoth/ ITV What to expect from Code of Silence tonight? The preview for episode five, via Radio Times , reads: 'Alison's feelings for Liam threaten to undermine the police's investigation, but after learning he has been using her to mislead the cops about the heist by hacking her hearing aids, she races to the gang's true target of the Hawthorne Estate Hotel. 'Meanwhile, the gang led by Braden executes their plan to steal the Joshi necklace using chaos and Liam's hacking to breach security, but a fatal shooting occurs.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Who is in the cast of Code of Silence? Beyond the surprise guest appearance in episode five, the show has had a fairly consistent cast throughout its early episodes. As previously mentioned, Rose Ayling-Ellis takes on the lead role in this ITV show - but she is also joined by plenty of recognisable faces. The main cast includes: Rose Ayling-Ellis as Alison Brooks Charlotte Ritchie as DS Ashleigh Francis Andrew Buchan as DI James Marsh Kieron Moore as Liam Barlow Other actors set to appear in the show include Nathan Armarkwei Laryea, Joe Absolom, Beth Goddard, Andrew Scarborough, Fifi Garfield and Rolf Choutan. Where do you know Code of Silence cast from? Rose Ayling-Ellis was recently a guest star in the latest season of Doctor Who. She appeared in The Well - a surprise sequel to beloved classic Midnight - playing lone survivor Aliss. It has been a busy 2025, with Rose having also appeared in the BBC drama Reunion. But you may recognise her from the 19th series of Strictly Come Dancing back in 2021 which she won - as well as her role as Frankie Lewis in EastEnders. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Kieron Moore was part of the cast for Apple TV's Masters of the Air in 2024. He also had a lead role in the streaming series Vampire Academy and appeared in Netflix's The Sandman. Viewers may recognise Charlotte Ritchie from the hit comedy series Ghosts, in which she played the lead role of Alison throughout the full show. She was also in Call the Midwife from 2015 to 2018 as Barbara Gilbert and also had a lead role in the final two seasons of Netflix's You. Andrew Buchan might feel like one of those faces you can't quite place - but he has had many roles on TV over the years. He played Mark Latimer in Broadchurch and was Wallace Webb in Netflix's Black Doves late last year.
Scotsman
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Code of Silence ITV: how many episodes are left?
Code of Silence has just a few episodes left on ITV 📺 Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Code of Silence continues to thrill audiences. It is set to continue on ITV tonight. But how many episodes are left in the series? Code of Silence will continue with another thrilling instalment to end the Bank Holiday weekend. Viewers are being treated to double helping for the second week in a row. Rose Ayling-Ellis leads the cast of this six-part series. ITV was hailed 'genius' by viewers for a special ad-break to raise awareness for deafness. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad But when will the next episode be on TV? Here's all you need to know: How many episodes of Code of Silence are left? Charlotte Ritchie as DS Ashleigh Francis and Rose Ayling-Ellis as Alison Brooks in Code of Silence. | Mammoth/ ITV The show will have six episodes in total, ITV has announced. The latest installment airing today (May 26) will be the fourth and that leaves just two more before the conclusion. Code of Silence's full boxset is available to stream on ITVX/ STV Player already if you can't wait to find out what will happen. Based on the previous schedule, the last two episodes will be released on June 1 and 2. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad When is Code of Silence on TV next and start time? The fourth episode of Code of Silence will be broadcast on TV today (May 26). It is the second episode to be broadcast over the Bank Holiday weekend. It will be live on ITV1/ STV at 9pm this evening, it has been confirmed. The episode will last for approximately an hour and finish at around 10pm. What to expect from Code of Silence today? The preview for the fourth episode, via Radio Times , read: 'Alison is invited on a lavish trip to a luxurious hotel with Liam and soon discovers that he is using her as cover to spy on Amir Joshi and his family. 'She is convinced she can walk the fine line between her duty to the police and their undeniable connection, but she wavers when Liam opens up about his troubled past and she realises she is falling in love.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Have you got a story you want to share with our readers? You can now send it to us online via YourWorld at . It's free to use and, once checked, your story will appear on our website and, space allowing, in our newspapers.
Scotsman
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Code of Silence review: ITV's new crime drama is a creaky old bus, but Rose Ayling-Ellis will persuade you to get on board
Dramas centring around deafness seem to be like buses – you wait ages for one, and then two come along at once. Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... And like BBC's Reunion, this week's new ITV drama Code of Silence (ITV1, Sun/Mon, 9pm) also stars former EastEnder and Strictly champ Rose Ayling-Ellis. It's not her fault that her two starring roles have been scheduled together, but Code of Silence suffers in comparison with the harder-edged Reunion. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad In the new ITV show, Ayling-Ellis's Alison is a young woman in flux – her relationship has broken down, she's living at home with her mum and under threat from a new landlord and she has two dull jobs to help her pay the rent. Rose Ayling-Ellis takes the lead role of Alison, a canteen worker who uses her lip-reading skills to help the police, in the new ITV drama Code of SIlence (Picture: Mammoth Screen/ITV) One of those dull jobs is in a police station canteen, which brings her to the attention of coppers DI James Marsh (Andrew Buchan) and DS Ashleigh Francis (Charlotte Ritchie). They're tracking a gang of robbers planning its next job, and while they can get close enough to the group to get video surveillance, and they can track the text messages of the gang boss's driver, they can't apparently hear what they're saying. So they call upon Alison and her lip-reading skills to gain vital intelligence. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad This is where Code of Silence begins to strain credulity – the fact that they can get so close, find out so much, but basic levels of audio surveillance seem to be beyond them. Charlotte Ritchie stars as DS Ashleigh Francis in the new ITV drama Code of Silence (Picture: Mammoth Screen/ITV) Alison gets deeper into her crime-cracking role, despite the coppers repeatedly telling her to 'leave the detecting to us', and by episode two they are perfectly happy to embed her in the pub the gang uses as its HQ. This despite her lying to them about a burgeoning relationship with a new member of the gang, Liam (Kieron Moore), and nervously hanging about staring at the gang members in efforts to lip-read their nefarious plots. Meantime, the gang members are given codenames straight out of Gladiators – Hulk and Wolf – and seem to enjoy gathering for summit meetings in children's play parks, which would rouse the suspicions of even the most neglectful parent. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The sub-plot surrounding the new landlord and their plans to redevelop the estate where Alison and her mum live is so hammered home that it must have some sort of relevance later on the series, but you spend the first two episodes wondering where the link is. Rose Ayling-Ellis stars as Alison Brooks in the new ITV drama Code of SIlence (Picture: Mammoth Screen/ITV) Where Code of Silence is largely down to its lead actress. Ayling-Ellis is great at showing how much she's been waiting for the thrill of her new life. After constantly being relegated to dead-end jobs, the stultifying, hard grind of doing so much and finding out it's only just enough to get by, she is clearly intoxicated by the idea that she might finally have found a role of value, which will also see her being valued. 'I don't want to be hearing,' she tells her mum, 'I just want them to be a bit deaf. I'm fed up trying to prove myself.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Despite the Keystone Cops vibe of DI Marsh and DS Francis, you buy completely Alison's determination to help, to show that she is more than the labels society has placed upon her. Meanwhile, however, the other characters are little more than cyphers – the villains all glowering looks, lowered eyebrows and raspy voices, newcomer Liam clearly a boy from the wrong side of the tracks in over his head, and the police officers dense and inept. Ultimately, it's Ayling-Ellis who persuades you to get on board this creaky old bus – let's just hope it makes it to the right destination.
