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  • Actors: William Ash, Ian Puleston-Davies, Reece Dinsdale, Laura Fraser, Nicholas Gleaves
  • Directors: Marc Munden, David Richards
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: All Regions
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Ind-DVD Ltd
  • DVD Release Date: 19 Sep 2005
  • Run Time: 360 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000A2U5HQ
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 37,872 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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When the murder of a twelve year old girl rocks a local community, authorities are keen to solve the case. In fact they are so keen, that some members take matters a little too far...

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35 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as some people think , 6 Aug 2006
By D. Knight "David Knight" (The Shadow Of St Albans Abbey) - See all my reviews
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I've watched this, and I've got to say I don't agree with the rave reviews this seems to be getting.

It tries to be (and succeeds in being) quite gritty, but that doesn't automatically make it good. In terms of tone and procedural style police drama, it's very similar to Prime Suspect. Where the reviewer who compared it to the "Constant Gardener" was coming from I don't know.

While I accept that TV is escapism and you've (often) got to suspend your belief a little, for something that's essentially a serious program, I found one aspect of this series so totally ridiculous that I nearly gave up (I won't spoil it). It was only because it was well acted and scripted that I stuck with it.

It's alright. I watched it, I wasn't bored and it did have it's moments; but NYPD Blue, Morse, Homicide or (the better episodes of the aforementioned) Prime Suspect, it isn't.
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33 of 37 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome television...., 31 Oct 2005
By M. G. Dench "setnakht" (UK) - See all my reviews
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This is simply an amazing series, 6 hours of riveting, compulsive viewing. Originally broadcast on BBC3, this is simply too good to miss. For once, British TV has taken the lead from the US, where shows like 'The Wire' have shown us the way forward. Superbly written and flawlessly acted, this is a must-view. It is spellbinding from beginning to end, and even more impressive when you realise that the major event that the series focuses on happens in episode 1. I wondered how it would keep going without becoming repetitious for the next 5 hours, but I needn't have worried. Masterful drama, and the ending is as devastating as it is inevitable.

Spoil yourself, watch it! You won't be disappointed.

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars A good story, spoilt by editing, 16 Aug 2007
By S. A. Flaunty (Wellington, New Zealand) - See all my reviews
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Like some previous reviewers I am somewhat surprised by the rave reviews and the 4 to 5 star ratings dished out. This is, or it seems, a good script and storyline. I have stopped watching it part way through the second chapter so I can't comment with authority on that. The programs major downfall is the editing. In my humble opinion it seems as though the director and editor have just graduated from film school and have tried all the fancy tricks to jazz the program up to make it trendy, for whatever reason that pocesses them at the time of post production.
The best anaolgy is this; consider a book, a good thriller, well thought out and well written and a riveting storyline....then just imagine if someone kept all the chapters in order, but cut out the pages in each chapter, shuffled them up and stuck them back into the book....that is exactly what this program is like...it is quite fustrating, chopping back and forwards through time with an unsettling sound score to boot, together with too much unsteady camera work...that is fine in small doses, and to enhance a mood or effect, but in this case it almost seems as though the tripod budget was siphoned off for increased editing fees in the cutting room....

It is a shame because when I see that icon, the BBC logo, I am used to being treated with memorable entertainment...

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