The Feud is a British six-part television drama that aired on Channel 5 from 14 to 23 April 2025. Its ensemble cast includes Jill Halfpenny, Rupert Penry-Jones, Larry Lamb, James Fleet, Tessa Peake-Jones, Amy Nuttall, Chris Gascoyne, Jamie-Lee O'Donnell, Ray Fearon and Megan Trower.
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Premise
Neighbours on an idyllic suburban street come to blows over one family's plan to build an extension on their property.
Cast
Jill Halfpenny as Emma Barnett
Jamie-Lee O'Donnell as PC Gallagher
Larry Lamb as Terry Dobson
Amy Nuttall as Sonia Spence
Rupert Penry-Jones as John Barnett
Ray Fearon as Alan Spence
Tessa Peake-Jones as Barbara Abshire
James Fleet as Derek Abshire
Megan Trower as Beth Barnett
Alex Macqueen as Nick Hewitt
Chris Gascoyne as Lee Hatby
Judith Alexander as The Magistrate
Joel Beckett as Ian Casey
Luke Hammond as Marcus Abshire
Joel Kai Ali as Abul Masood
Production
The six-part drama series is produced by Lonesome Pine Productions, in association with Banijay Rights and North East Screen. It is written and created by Aschlin Ditta, and directed by Andy de Emmony, with Lesley Douglas producing for Lonesome Pine Productions, and Aschlin Ditta and Andy de Emmony as executive producers.
The cast includes Jill Halfpenny, Jamie-Lee O'Donnell, Amy Nuttall, Rupert Penry-Jones, Ray Fearon, Tessa Peake-Jones, James Fleet and Megan Trower.
Filming took place in Newcastle and Jarrow in May 2024. Three houses in the same street of Benton, Tyne and Wear, were used.
Broadcast
The series was aired on Channel 5 on 14 April 2025.
It was shown internationally also, being broadcast on Virgin Media One in the Republic of Ireland during July and August 2025.
Reception
Benji Wilson in The Daily Telegraph gave the series one star and criticised it for "unoriginality". He did praise the cast, saying that "there are one or two reasons to stick with The Feud but they extend only to a strong cast (Jill Halfpenny, Rupert Penry Jones, Adam [sic.] Macqueen, Louisa Harland, James Fleet) doing their damnedest with limited material; and some unintended comedy".
Carol Midgely in The Times gave the series three stars, and said that it "is so knowingly naff I am strangely hooked. I wonder actually if it is subtly sending up the genre" and that "drama cleverly taps into a modern malaise and, despite its mundanity and often shonky dialogue, harnesses the sheer toxicity of neighbour disputes that in real life can escalate".