Simon Bennett

The show is rubbish now without Ant at the helm, and bringing in Americans to lead it, what the hell are they thinking?

The whole thing got more implausible by the minute, especially where Elliot starts to rationalise everything in an LSD trip - utterly ridiculous, and paired with a really bleak ending. Just the right viewing you need for reputedly the saddest time of the year. Come on BBC you can do much better than this.

Really good film, though as it’s pretty fast paced it doesn’t have time to delve into some of the characters as much as you’d like. However it hangs together well and really whets the appetite for you to want to find out more about this traumatic period in history.