IF SATNAV HAD A STORYTELLING equivalent it might just struggle to pin down Chapel Croft. This seemingly idyllic village with a harrowingly dark past is the setting for The Burning Girls, a series committed to taking your bearings away.
“Everything’s a puzzle,” says executive producer Tony Wood. “Nothing is quite what it seems. To paraphrase Pirates Of The Caribbean, ‘You don’t believe in ghost stories. Well, you’re in one!’ You think you’re in a thriller and then you realise you’re in something supernatural. And then you question whether it’s really supernatural. There are things that you don’t see coming. There are 90 degree turns in it that keep you strapped in throughout.”