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Three-part drama series starring Christopher Eccleston as an alcoholic whose life begins to spiral out of control. Councillor Daniel Demoys (Eccleston)'s addiction is already causing problems with his wife, Alex (Dervla Kirwan), and their three children when, after suffering from a blackout, he wakes to discover he may have committed a murder. When he is persuaded to run for mayor he finds himself in the public eye more than ever but he knows all too well what would happen if his dark secret were to be discovered...
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Christopher Ecclestone plays a shady boozing local counselor at the end of his tether who suffers some blackouts from the booze. He discoveries after a wild night out, with blackout, a business man the council has dealings with is dead. Ecclestone tries to pieces the bits together from his shattered memory. Was he involved in some way? This series follow his journey dealing with this and the difficulties of city politics and family.
This is a three part mini series from the BBC with each episode lasting an hour. The story's good and something significant happening in each episode and it keeps us on our toes. I must admit I found the final episode slightly disappointing, not that they did something stupid with the plot or people acting out of character but because I found it a bit flat after the earlier two episodes and had seen opportunities for some twists.
It was good though that there were many threads to the story and these were on the whole resolved and handle well, Sylvia characters aside. The acting was pretty good across the board.
It's a shame this appears to only be release on DVD, rather than blu ray, as I have to say the style of the film was absolutely amazing, I would like to have seen it in high definition. The rain and neon light we're very redolent of Bladerunner and the over head shots of London were beautiful. The whole thing was filmed exceptionally well.
This is a three part mini series from the BBC with each episode lasting an hour. The story's good and something significant happening in each episode and it keeps us on our toes. I must admit I found the final episode slightly disappointing, not that they did something stupid with the plot or people acting out of character but because I found it a bit flat after the earlier two episodes and had seen opportunities for some twists.
It was good though that there were many threads to the story and these were on the whole resolved and handle well, Sylvia characters aside. The acting was pretty good across the board.
It's a shame this appears to only be release on DVD, rather than blu ray, as I have to say the style of the film was absolutely amazing, I would like to have seen it in high definition. The rain and neon light we're very redolent of Bladerunner and the over head shots of London were beautiful. The whole thing was filmed exceptionally well.
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By ken wharton
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British television at its very best; superb acting from Eccleston and Ms Kirwan. Excellent acting, well produced and very plausible. Well worth watching
18 of 23 people found the following review helpful
By F. Russell
There are some truely outstanding drama series's in Britain... Sherlock, Waterloo Road, Silk etc... which means that to bring another drama, up to that standard, in to the market is VERY hard. However, this drama has done it. Blackout, a mix of emotional upholding, tension and dramatic action is one of the best new drama's I have seen in the last few years. The storyline is well written to intrigue and keep the audience wanting more.
The excellent cast also brings this story alive - amazing performances by actors such as Christopher Eccleston and Andrew Scott make this drama feel very realistic - and therefore make you a lot more interested and intrigued in how the story is going to develop and what is going to happen to these charecters. The plot itself, is very well thought through and provides the audience with just enough twist and turns to fufill across the series. The plot is very good at getting the audience 'pulled in' and making them become connected to these charecters.
A great peice of drama, definatly a reccomended one to watch! :D
The excellent cast also brings this story alive - amazing performances by actors such as Christopher Eccleston and Andrew Scott make this drama feel very realistic - and therefore make you a lot more interested and intrigued in how the story is going to develop and what is going to happen to these charecters. The plot itself, is very well thought through and provides the audience with just enough twist and turns to fufill across the series. The plot is very good at getting the audience 'pulled in' and making them become connected to these charecters.
A great peice of drama, definatly a reccomended one to watch! :D
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