Martin Garvey

Thoroughly enjoyed throughout with my only gripe being "too much Kitty" - at times if felt she was the only character in the programme. Also - what action was taken against Alex ? I suspect there will now be a second series and I can't wait.

Finneran is beyond awful, far too old to be in the role and acts like a rabbit in headlights in a constant, dreary, accent that never gets above monotonous. Even worse is the usually reliable Anthony Flanagan, an actor who always performs in his natural Mancunian accent.....doing a Scottish accent that is so bad it's almost funny.

A great series ( as was series 1 ) but for me it's a tale of two Northern Irish actors playing Dubliners. Roisin Gallagher ( also sensational in The Lovers ) is simply brilliant and cracks the change of accent 99.5%, but the usually reliable Ciaran Hinds makes a mess of it and looks totally miscast and floundering. But overall it's fabulous, hoping against hope there's a 3rd series

Started out ( series 1 ) as an interesting police series but descended into a "soap" Some incredibly irritating characters ( Nicole, played like its a pantomime ) and general bad acting let it down totally

Terrible, pretentious nonsense, dreadful acting bar Rosamund Pike who has all the best lines. Keoghan looks far too old to be a new student at Oxford Far too many gratuitously tasteless and unpleasant scenes, especially the last 10 minutes or so ( no spoilers ) I'd give 0 stars if I could

Awful, just awful. I gave it 15 minutes and then gave up.

This film is dire. It may well be "based on" a true story and a good one at that, but to make a film about a load of men singing tedious sea-shanties into anything interesting needs a good sub-story. This doesn't have one - plots, coincidences, feelgood moments, sad moments are all somehow forced into the script wherever they can be, and are all totally predictable. Daniel Mays has a decent stab at pretending he enjoys the script, and Tuppence Middleton looks very pretty, but the rest is utter tosh

Appalling from beginning to end It is hard to pick out the worst aspects as every aspect is awful, but Emily Mortimer's horrible, gushing performance as Jane just about shades it. The three totally twee children, who act unbelievably badly, run her close Two hours of my life I will never get back.

Utter tripe. How does the utterly wooden Beckinsale ( complete with a perma-tan that she has apparently achieved whilst living a solitary life in the depths of Wales....) manage to look pristine, whilst never changing her clothes, in a hot, sweaty, dusty Congo ? Even her ponytail remains sleek. The "plot" is pathetic, some of the dialogue laughable and most of the acting rivals Beckinsale for its uselessness

Fantastic series, great storyline, great acting and a superb soundtrack. So glad I didn't look at these reviews beforehand as several thoughtless people think it's OK to give the entire plot away, even who doesn't survive. Selfish doesn't cover it - so watch it and make up your own mind