A very good comedic drama from Britain. Entertaining scripts delivered by a talented cast all around, and including one of my favorite actors for many years, Mark Addy.
While having the rich and powerful be the heavy is nothing new, it does seem to be presented in a somewhat novel way by Mr. Horowitz and his writers. Although government corruption always seems to lurk in the corners, the rich and powerful are, in fact, afraid being discovered by the government.
The only flaw that is apparent to me is the (by now) standard 'bright new people being pushed down' by their more experienced counterparts. Also, the situations the two lead characters find themselves in are always impossible to get out of, yet to no one's surprise, they do. It's been done over and over on both US and British TV. As I am no screenwriter, perhaps it's necessary, as there are only so many alternatives. Nevertheless, the predictability of the situations mentioned are the only downside to the series.
I AM surprised this didn't last longer than one season, as the quality of the acting and writing certainly deserved it, and there were several hints in the final episode that seemed to indicate the writers thought there would be more. A shame there wasn't.
While having the rich and powerful be the heavy is nothing new, it does seem to be presented in a somewhat novel way by Mr. Horowitz and his writers. Although government corruption always seems to lurk in the corners, the rich and powerful are, in fact, afraid being discovered by the government.
The only flaw that is apparent to me is the (by now) standard 'bright new people being pushed down' by their more experienced counterparts. Also, the situations the two lead characters find themselves in are always impossible to get out of, yet to no one's surprise, they do. It's been done over and over on both US and British TV. As I am no screenwriter, perhaps it's necessary, as there are only so many alternatives. Nevertheless, the predictability of the situations mentioned are the only downside to the series.
I AM surprised this didn't last longer than one season, as the quality of the acting and writing certainly deserved it, and there were several hints in the final episode that seemed to indicate the writers thought there would be more. A shame there wasn't.