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After The Flood. Series Two. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Sophie Rundle, Lorraine Ashbourne, Matt Stokoe, Nicholas Gleaves, Philip Glenister, Tripti Tripuraneni, Heider Ali, Maui Connock, Faye McKeever, Jacqueline Boatswain, Leo Flanagan, Jill Halfpenny, George Bukhari, Ian Puleston-Davies, Alun Armstrong, Steph de Whalley.

We think of what happens after the flood as more of a clean-up, no matter how large the operation, rather than discovering a truth, that we can just scrape the residue from the top layer of the surface and find peace, calm, a forgetfulness of harm and all will be well, that we will by definition come to appreciate the inevitable sense of reorder once more.

After The Flood. Series Two. Television Review. full post

(444 words, estimated 1:47 mins reading time)

After The Flood. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 5/10

Cast: Sophie Rundle, Matt Stokoe, Jonas Armstrong, Lorraine Ashbourne, Philip Glenister, Daniel Betts, Arthur McBain, Tripti Tripuraneni, Jaqueline Boatswain, James Quinn, Heider Ali, Maui Connock, Anita Adam Gabey, Nicholas Gleaves, Steve Cooper, Jeanette Percival, George Bukhari, Ray Castleton, Sara Beasley, Jake Whitehurst.

The build-up in tension that comes from a promise of a modern-day disaster requires to always be delivered. Failure to underline and provide the ending to which many have expected, replacing it with a noting more than a wishy-washy explanation is detrimental to the time and care placed before the viewer, and leaves a taste in the mouth that is overall, unforgiveable.

After The Flood. Television Drama Review. full post

(377 words, estimated 1:30 mins reading time)