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The unashamedly biased "Great Hack" on Netflix. A shame it's so biased, as illegal data mining is a serious matter. If Cambridge Analytica influenced "the persuadables" then how much did mainstream channels the BBC and Ch4 influence people AGAINST voting Leave? Illegal data mining : bad. Using it as a scapegoat : hypocrital. Why can't the left ever accept a democratic vote they don't agree with? It's irritating and pathetic.

The one thing the BBC used to be able to make was great period dramas. Summer of Rockets has been truly dire. Terrible pseudo-vintage interiors ; apart from a couple of performers utterly shoddy, unconvincing acting and fake "plummy" accents. Then there's the ludicrously unbelievable plot elements almost Enid-Blytonesque, and the villains in this spy drama...not Russians or Nazis but posh British patriots and Tories who want to defeat the "reds" and salvage the British Empire (all right wing antisemites, naturally) plus a good dose of stereotypically racist British police, and a good helping of social guidance on leftist values. Clare Bloom adds a touch of class and Keeley Hawes is dependably jolly-hockey-sticks. But it's really very poor.