Paul Woodin

I simply can't believe the 4 and 5 star reviews given to this by a number of television critics. It has to be one of the worst drama series I've ever had the misfortune of watching. It's so amateurish it's untrue, with plot holes galore, am-dram performances all round and what must be a record F word count. I watched it all and can't quite explain why. Possibly morbid curiosity. Hated it with a passion.

Brilliant, just brilliant. That's all I need say. Thoroughly recommended.

Utter puerile crap, from start to finish. Proper film directors of days gone by must be turning in their graves.

It would have been 1 star but I gave it a 2nd star because of the lovely shots of Rome and Venice. As a film it was pretty dire. It's supposed to be a romantic comedy, but I didn't even smile once.

OMG, was I disappointed with this. I simply don't understand why the critics have waxed lyrical about this. Where to start? It's an absolutely obnoxious bore. It takes itself far too seriously. The script is completely unrealistic. The main character, the young lad, is very, very dislikeable, which makes any scenes he features in difficult/unpleasant to watch. The way it's been shot, effectively as one unbroken scene, is a big distraction.The director, Philip Barantini, seems to be showing off his technical expertise but he'd have been well advised to use a more orthodox method of direction. There are reasons most films and dramas have an editor. It's so that some of the boring, less important scenes, are not included in the final version. So, consequently, this contains a lot of dross which would normally have ended up on the cutting room floor. I really hated this.

What a find this was. I'd never heard of it before browsing through all the films on Amazon. I always approach biopics with a degree of trepidation, and have watched a lot cringing inwardly. I had no such feelings watching this. The whole cast did a terrific job. OK, there were some issues as to the likenesses of some of the cast to the real people, e.g. Jonah Lees, who played John Lennon was a lot shorter than Lennon was, and Leo Harvey Elledge, who played George, looked a fair bit taller than George actually was, but this didn't detract from my overall enjoyment of the film, in fact Lees's turn as John was one of the film's highlights for me. Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, who played Epstein is superb in the role, capturing the torture of what it must have been like living life as a gay man in an era when it was illegal to be homosexual. The breaking of the fourth wall, which is used throughout the film, was, I thought a particularly effective device. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend.

This is a truly superb drama. Great casting, acting and production values. An oasis of quality in a desert of mediocrity which is what the TV schedules have become of late. I couldn't recommend too highly.

It's typical Stephen Knight, who's obviously a frustrated poet, and puts the most ridiculous words into his characters' mouths. His last TV drama, This Town, was similar in this respect. Here, the Paddy Mayne character is Tommy Shelby with a bad, fake Northern Irish accent, forever talking total bollocks. It's so unbelievably boorish, and boorishly unbelievable. If Paddy Mayne did actually speak to his superiors as depicted here he'd have been instantly court-martialled. And, it seems to have escaped Stephen Knight that one of the reasons our armed forces have historically been so successful is their discipline. In this, the elite fighting force which is what the SAS actually is, behave like a bunch of absolutely vile, ill-disciplined, childish rabble, especially Maye himself, one of the senior officers. I watched two episodes but won't be watching any more. Absolute garbage. I should have known it would be - The Guardian give it a 5* rave review.

One of the best films I've seen in a very long time. It's a very moving and affecting fim, of the type I'd begun to think they were incapable of making these days. Daisy Edgar-Jones is superb in the lead role, but the supporting cast are also, without exception, brilliant. I was confident I'd enjoy this having seen that The Guardian gave it a 1 star review and called it "terrible southern Gothic Schmaltz". What do they know?

I absolutely loved this, from start to finish. I know I'm in the minority but I wasn't very keen on the film version; I think this is far superior. The cinematography is exquisite, and the performances of all major cast members are superb. The beauty of a series as opposed to a film is that time can be taken with the telling of the story, and this dynamic is capitalised on with aplomb here. The best thing I've watched for quite some time.