Capital

I loved it. Mysterious, funny, suspenseful, and moving. Great characters, great acting. What more can you want? I only wish there had been more. Watched on PBS Passport.

It's a nice TV drama series featuring some superb actors as Toby Jones; Adeel Akhtar; Danny Ashok and Wunmi Mosaku.

It highlights residents living in the London capital city on a high-value surbaban street where houses cost more than £2m. The value of the houses rise as the months of the characters' lives are portrayed.

Each character has signifant issues in the script during the series. It is also a melting pot of 'WE WANT WHAT YOU HAVE' being advertised at the characters in various messages either through thier door or on advertising elsewhere. No one knows where or why this message came (from).

It's a very interesting cynical look at the elite v us and how people's lives can change so much for the worse or the better. The most affluent member of the street is also not immune to having a life being rapidly-changed.

It shows you that you should not neccessarily be too greedy and want everything and there are problems when you reach the top as much as there are problems at the bottom.

The dialogue is great. The script and casting is superb. I regret that I did not see this on TV but it came out on Netflix and as I am a huge fan of Toby Jones so I had to watch it!

It's really a great drama and I don't want to ruin too much but if you enjoy how different people live on a street and character development and big drama with characters fighting and making-up and interwoven love-stories then this is the perfect show for you!

Really nicely done. 8/10!

I confess I missed the first few minutes of the first episode but I was hooked in a few minutes.

In all the houses are people whose stories are relateable but the acting, casting, script make it compelling. They could be clichés but are not.

Toby Jones is married to a woman he could only get because of his high salary. They have 2 small boys and both parents exhausted in their respective roles. (goof when his FT moves from his left to right)

Gemma Jones is a widow whose daughter and grandson would spend more time with her, if their own lives were not so geographically distant. Over time her relationship with both has petered off but Christmas is approaching.

Wunmi Mosaku? plays a very sympathetic Nigerian refugee. She does her best to keep her spirits up, despite the 'no-win' situation her character is in. The ever increasing property prices on the street have nothing to do with her.

A single guy is sharing a flat with a couple. Enough said.

A large Indian family run the corner shop.

When the postcards begin to come to each house saying 'We Want What you Have', some report it to the police. An officer calmly investigates what could be anything from a marketing prank to something scary and deals with everybody's assumptions about police prejudice.

It continues to escalate. Can't wait for Ep 2 !!!

Acting was good. Have seen many of these actors in many other things and like most of them. Thought the story was leading to a great mystery and in the end fell flat like bread without yeast!

After watching the series, I thought the book was much better, there are lots of details that were (no doubt out of necessity) omitted in the series. John Lanchester is a very funny writer (if you haven't read Mr Phillips, it's a must!).