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There is something very vanilla about the title Life. Mike Bartlett's loose spin off of Doctor Foster.

Set in a large divided house, the drama follows the residents of four flats.

The main focus in the first episode was Gail (Alison Steadman) and her husband Henry (Peter Davison). They have been married for decades but tensions emerge.

Henry constantly puts Gail down and she has got used to it. This is something she becomes aware of when she nearly runs over a long lost school friend.

Belle (Victoria Hamilton) the character from Doctor Foster has come to Manchester to rebuild her life. She is lonely and bitter but suddenly she has to take on her niece.

The bitterness emerges when she talks to neighbour David (Adrian Lester) and discovers that his wife had recently died, something he was not aware of.

It is David's story that was more startling. The viewer sees him talking to his wife but it is something from The Sixth Sense.

With a young woman Hannah about to give birth after a one night stand. There was nothing very original where. Even many of the characters came across as caricatures.

Maybe like Doctor Foster, some twists will emerge. This was a first episode that was too plain.