‘Blackout’: Episode 1 review
Christopher Eccleston takes an essentially unlikeable, self-centred failure of a character and gives him enough depth to evoke a powerful mixture of contempt and sympathy.
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Christopher Eccleston takes an essentially unlikeable, self-centred failure of a character and gives him enough depth to evoke a powerful mixture of contempt and sympathy.
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It’s difficult for a British audience not to try and draw comparisons with The Thick of It, particularly as its visual style is so immediately familiar.
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