Reviews

Written by an 11 year old? That would explain the total lack of any insight into anything to do with intelligence agencies and political intrigue. Another Netflix flop. Every single character is completely unbelievable and totally incompetent. Even 'C' can walk around clubs, pubs, shops, alley ways willy-nilly with no security or notification. The MI6 operatives couldn't even work as security in Tesco. Or maybe, just maybe, it is uncannily accurate, in which case I hope you sleep well at night knowing the professional and capable hands your national security is in. The acting isn't even acceptable.

Preferred the 2 episode format. Gave up... maybe forever!

OK, after the first each single episode may have stood alone if they'd left out the 2 minutes of the underlying forgettable plot but the "old" format was spot on. 98% of an episode is not enough to develop a good plot.

First episode. 20 minutes to go. Switched off. Who was killed? Didn't care. Suspects? Not a clue. Yawn.... New mother with post-natal something. Latin teacher playing detective. Once is enough. Sorry...

Plenty of opportunities to go and put the kettle on without using the pause function. And a German/Russian with a Kentucky (or Belfast) nasal twang? Please! Only the in-bred entitled could be fooled if Anna was anything close to the character portrayed.

Subject matter aside the actors nailed it in exemplary fashion. A moving, poignant and hard-hitting movie. If this doesn't affect you, well.....

Boring, poorly directed and acted travelogue... including random time travel. Not one character interested me from E3. So I gave up.

Series 1 good, if a little slow. Series 2 maybe a little better, good cast and acting. Series 3? Not Marcella at all. Dreadful acting. Avoid!

All over the place. No likeable characters. Lost interest. Pointless viewing.

Quite simply -not a clue what this series is about. If there is a thread, I lost it. The whole thing is like 11 entirely different programmes with even the characters while called the same, are all over the place. Spoiler alert... don't waste your time.

Only needed 2! What little plot there's is is way over spun and at times seems interminable.

It's drifts from Scots to Irish to Yorkshire with an occasional Yankee and Mid-Atlantic. I expect more from her. Good ripping yarn though.

... and should be laid to rest with some dignity intact. I am constantly searching for a new SciFi series that works but, alas, no one seems capable of producing one that isn't a bland extension of life here on earth in the 90s. Perhaps science fact has ruined it but the main problem I have is that the plots are really boring, unnecessarily complicated or simply confused. There is little entertainment in any new SciFi output. I'm disappointed in the loss of this genre.

Apart from manic hyper Jaws music and running around there was no significant plot at any level. The hi-tech surveillance and instant intelligence was way, way beyond belief. And I just wanted them all to die...

... after about 5 minutes. Backing music is rubbish, characters very easy to disengage. Disenchanted...

... after the first couple of episodes. It simply lost a plot that may never have been there in the first place. Great scenery in Northern Ireland though.

One an one-third episodes were more than enough. The scenery was nice and not much wrong with the acting but looked more like a spilled jigsaw with no picture on the box lid.

Barely made it to the end of this last episode. Rendered the whole series a waste of time. Great sets though, thanks to Northern Ireland!

As usual for too many British TV dramas, beautifully produced, acted and filmed. The plot is quite good and believable except it could have been a few episodes shorter. The background music was quite depressing at times, probably intentional, but was too somber.