Graham Cummings

Predictable characters, occasionally ‘preachy’ and often unrealistic, this drama wastes what would otherwise have been quite a good plot with decent twists. The plot line was good enough for us to get through all 6 episodes - but with increasing sighs of disappointment. The storyline was also littered with unnecessary and hard to believe diversions. The ‘campaigning grandson’ character was particularly annoying in this respect. Seems like it’s setup for another series but I certainly won’t be watching that.

This is a decent series - if overlong. The main point is that you have to like the music to like this show. And … to be fair , some is very good. The plot - well, I’m surprised Fleetwood Mac haven’t sued as it’s their story in condensed form , so few storyline surprises. It’s also very much a view of the seventies as seen through the eyes of someone who wasn’t there. For example, it must be the seventies because everyone’s a chain smoker! Ok - I enjoyed it but you could’ve cut a couple of hours and made it better.

With a true crime dramatisation, you can’t really review the plot - it’s happened. So, we’re looking at the retelling and production. This starts well. The ‘Life on Mars-esque’ time travel nods work. Good soundtrack too. Most of the main characters are well played and it all rings true. Overall, this drama hit most of its targets. My only criticism would be that the final episode dragged a little. The result was already in and some dramatisation here felt a bit like ‘filler’ - whereas the first episodes were much more absorbing. Pretty good. Worth a watch.

Sadly, the ‘mystery’ element to this show moves at a snail’s pace. My interest died with the plot I’m afraid. It was also blighted by some cliche’d supporting roles - especially the male roles (with the one exception being George Costigan’s part.) Self indulgent, formulaic and dull - fills an evening if you’ve got nothing else to watch.