Directed by:
S.J. ClarksonScreenplay:
David HareCinematography:
Balazs BolygoComposer:
Ruth BarrettCast:
Carey Mulligan, Kae Alexander, Orla Brady, Nicola Duffett, Ahd, George Georgiou, John Heffernan, Rob Jarvis, Nathaniel Martello-White, Ben Miles, Nick Mohammed (more)VOD (2)
Episodes(4)
Plots(1)
In South London a young man, Abdullah Asif (Sam Otto), is shot dead delivering a pizza. The detective in charge, DI Kip Glaspie (Carey Mulligan), quickly discovers that the pizza manager Laurie Stone (Hayley Squires), inexplicably sent Syrian refugee Abdullah instead of regular driver Mikey Gowans (Brian Vernel). At the crime scene, KIP dismisses pushy reporter Robert Walsh (Mark Umbers), and is briefed by her partner DS Nathan Bilk (Nathaniel Martello-White). The killing seems professional, but the only witness - a young woman strung out on drugs on the street corner - gives the police a false name and address. Local MP David Mars (John Simm) arrives to comfort his ex-wife Karen (Billie Piper), the customer of the fatal pizza delivery. Kip and Nathan track down Abdullah's home, a set of garages, to find his sisters, Fatima (Ahd Kamel) and Mona (July Namir). The sisters are scared and Kip's convinced they're hiding something. Meanwhile Mikey takes a beating from two men he tries to warn about the police investigation. And manageress Laurie returns home to care for her ageing mum... unaware that two shady figures are watching her every move. (Dazzler Media)
(more)Reviews (1)
A disparate group of people connected by a gunshot. An interestingly developed concept of a classic detective story transferred into a social drama, but it fails from the first to the last act. Connecting a precise investigator, a torn politician, a harassed military officer, or a clergywoman with unresolved personal relationships promises a comprehensive view of the social crisis in Great Britain, but in practice it only throws out topics like they were cut out from yesterday's news. Many participants serve as mere hangers for pressing questions of yesterday and today, but they never fit together other than as dead ends.
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