This Gripping British Drama Is Now Streaming On Netflix
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Here's what you need to know before you tune in
Suburban disputes take a dark turn in Channel 5’s series The Feud, which originally aired in April 2025. Led by Jill Halfpenny, the six-part drama imagines the fallout when one couple on a harmonious street decides to invest in a kitchen extension. It’s a squabble many of us have experienced first hand – perhaps without The Feud’s menacing slant.
Now streaming on Netflix, it’s sure to spark a renewed flurry of interest, following the trend set by fellow Channel 5 dramas like The Inheritance, The Teacher, Cold Call and The Cuckoo. Here’s what you need to know about The Feud before you tune in.
Channel 5’s The Feud: Plot, Cast, Streaming & More
Emma Barnett (Jill Halfpenny) in The Feud. (Channel 5)
What Is The Feud About?
The Feud is a six part drama centring on feisty criminal defence solicitor Emma Barnett (Halfpenny) and her husband John (Rupert Penry-Jones) who live on a seemingly idyllic street with their daughter, Beth (Megan Trower).
Filmed in and around Newcastle in summer 2024 (with three houses in the suburb of Benton used to create Shelbury Drive), Shelbury Drive is a neighbourly road, and the Barnetts are close friends with their neighbours Sonia (Amy Nuttall) and Alan (Ray Fearon) and, despite their foibles, older neighbours Derek (James Fleet) and Barbara (Tessa Peake-Jones), too.
But these friendships are put to the test when Emma and John decide to add a kitchen extension to their home. As her seemingly harmonious relationships unravel, life-threatening secrets rise to the surface, and Emma’s aspirational dreams quickly spiral into obsession, paranoia and fear.
Watch the trailer below for a taste of the action.
‘From the very outset, so many people are unhappy with the [kitchen extension] idea and there are so many reasons not to have an extension,’ Halfpenny teased ahead of the series launch in April 2025.
‘Emma doesn’t have the money or a good builder, the neighbours hate the idea, and her relationship is volatile,’ Halfpenny adds. ‘Yet there’s no part of Emma which admits it’s not the right time. She’s like a steamroller.’
Emma Barnett (Jill Halfpenny) in The Feud. (Channel 5)
Is It Based On A True Story?
The Feud might be based on a somewhat common experience – feuding neighbours in suburbia – but luckily the rest of the drama that unravels is entirely fictional.
‘I never imagined it would turn quite so gruesome,’ Halfpenny teases. ‘And I never expected it would go as far as it goes when it starts out in such a domestic setting.’
John (Rupert Penry-Jones) and Emma Barnett (Jill Halfpenny), Sonia (Amy Nuttall) and Alan (Ray Fearon) in The Feud. (Channel 5)
Cast Of The Feud
The Feud is led by British TV stalwart Jill Halfpenny, who you will recognise from her plethora of roles across prime time telly. She’s joined by a cast of familiar faces, including Derry Girls star Jamie-Lee O’Donnell plus beloved Gavin & Stacey star Larry Lamb.
The full cast is as follows:
- Jill Halfpenny as Emma Barnett
- Rupert Penry-Jones as John Barnett
- Megan Trower as Beth Barnett
- Amy Nuttall as Sonia
- Ray Fearon as Alan
- James Fleet as Derek
- Tessa Peake-Jones as Barbara
- Jamie-Lee O’Donnell as PC Gallagher
- Larry Lamb as Terry, Emma’s father
- Alex Macqueen as Nick
- Chris Gascoyne as Lee
Where Is It Streaming?
The Feud originally aired on Channel 5 in April 2025, and it is still available to stream for free at my5.tv
However The Feud is now also available to stream on Netflix, bringing the British suburban thriller to an international audience. Made up of six episodes, it’s the perfect mid-week binge watch. And if previous Channel 5-to-Netflix transitions are anything to go by, this is sure to skyrocket into the British top 10 imminently.
