This is a pretty famous BBC TV six part series from 1985. Writing now in 2013, this was made 28 years ago ... and it clearly has dated aspects as all programs of this era have. However, several modern techniques can be recognised, and so over the years it has gained the reputation of being a watershed titile, one that marks the end of the old and the beginning of the new.
Above all however, the series is a noted for the powerful performance of Bob Peck. I think anybody who praises this series will have that point at the back of their mind. Let it be said, he is not the only good thing about it .. it's a very high quality programme, many of the other characters are exceptionally well played, but Bob Peck's enactment of the story's main character is nothing short of mesmeric.
The storyline is somewhat problematic, as it straddles several categories: personal tragedy, thriller, detective story and even contemporary documentary, so much so that there was probably only ever one actor able to represent it, and the production got this actor in the shape of Bob Peck.
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