If the opening instalment of this likeable adaptation of Denise Mina’s novel overdid the ‘80s retro and the Raintown-esque Glaswegian backdrops, the concluding part matches the wistful nostalgia with dark good humour and a seedy, side-street splendour.
In the concluding part of the drama adapted from Denise Mina’s novel, Paddy Meehan delves deeper into the past to try and find a connection between the deaths of Brian Wilcox and Thomas Dempsey.
Written and directed by David Kane from the novel by Denise Mina, The Field of Blood is a thriller so smothered in nicotinic, 1980s nostalgia it could almost be called ‘Fag-ashes to Fag-ashes’.
Former Doctor Who co-stars David Tennant and Billie Piper will lead the cast of BBC One’s new five-part semi-improvised serial Love Life, alongside Jane Horrocks, Ashley Walters and David Morrissey.
BBC One’s new Sunday evening period drama is no gentle, quiet or quaint look back at an innocent, idyllic age. South Riding has bite, blackness and resonances that ring true even 75 years on from the era in which it is set.
Before returning for a full 13-episode fifth series in Spring 2010, Doctor Who will air five specials, starring David Tennant.