Can You Keep a Secret?

Name: Can You Keep a Secret?
Genre: Comedy

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When her hermit husband William is mistakenly declared dead, grandmother Debbie tells almost no one and hides him in the loft to collect the life insurance, though the family includes a police officer.

Starring Dawn French, Mark Heap, Craig Roberts

Next season

Season 2announced, no date yet

All at once, 6 episodes, last aired Wed, 7 Jan 2026

Is it for me?

Dark family comedy for people who like British sitcoms more for a dodgy plan and a good cast than for constant laughs. Dawn French plays Debbie as a bossy organiser with a harder edge than usual, and Mark Heap makes William's complaints about being stuck indoors funny, since he hardly went out anyway. An early scene shows a germ-fearing doctor signing the certificate and a funeral home muddle.

Before you start

The first episode opens with the secret already out, then jumps back to show how the mix-up happened.

1 season, 6 episodes, 28 min each, about 3 hours so far