What a gripping end to Hunter last night’s show was, and whatever it was that wasn’t quite gelling in part one, gelled its head off in the second and concluding part!

I even managed to get over Miles being so cyber-hyper – well, almost.

Harriet Walter brought the character of the by-the-book ACC Griffin vividly to life and was, as ever, a joy to watch. Griffin threw a ‘zero tolerance’ bucket of cold water all over Barclay’s argument that the kidnappers’ demands should be met, and the hard word that they would not be was delivered by Harriet with aplomb. Read more & comment »

Hugh Bonneville and Janet McTeer starred in last night’s first episode of this new two-part drama from the BBC which, overall, was intriguing, full of ‘twists’ and suitably dramatic, but nonetheless I felt lacked something… but I can’t quite say what.

Maybe it was that I kept expecting Hugh to say something funny or because I couldn’t quite buy into a lot of the supporting cast, or perhaps it was the nature of the abduction premise. Pro-lifers who threaten to kill seemed something of a contradiction in terms, until you understand their reasoning which seems to be ‘for the greater good, small sacrifices must be made’ or words to that effect. Read more & comment »