Peter B

Abysmal production. Almost every edit is no more than 30 seconds, every scene has either a blurred or blue screen background, the dialogue is as predictable as rain when there are grey clouds overhead & just as miserable. It's the BBC at its worst, trying to do a big production on a shoestring budget. I resent paying a license fee for this standard of 'drama' ; it's just not value for money. I like Sean Bean, but he can only play Sean Bean - he just does the same character in a different role. But he's gritty northern stock so that's OK then. If you want to see a decent presentation have a watch of 'The Sixth Comandment'. It knocks this simplistic rubbish into a cocked hat (no pun intended).

Typical Netflix, overlong series by at least 2 episodes, plot vaguely based on a decent crime novel but as series progresses it moves away from the original. Coincidences in resolving the crime are unbelievable & the dialogue in some instances is pitiful - cut & paste a cliché - it depends on the episodes writer, who varies. As with a number of 'Netflix Originals', expletives are unimaginative, the F word being about as imaginative as it gets. The others could be equally at home in a religious broadcast. On the plus side, the locations are a credit to the Location Scouts but that's about it. It's no wonder that as the episodes progress James Nesbitt looks more & more miserable. The final episode reveal is an absolute pile of poo. A fitting finale to a preceding pile of of the same. Cliché after cliché. 'Melancholy music playing' said the subtitles. A suitable funereal end for a deathly dire series. Shame on you Netflix.