‘The Shadow Line’ DVD review
BBC Two’s recent The Shadow Line is a serial sodden with blood: seven hours of claret-splattered, frequently flamboyant, occasionally preposterous and completely compulsive television.
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BBC Two’s recent The Shadow Line is a serial sodden with blood: seven hours of claret-splattered, frequently flamboyant, occasionally preposterous and completely compulsive television.
A complete and unexpurgated knowledge of the truth is what DI Jonah Gabriel (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and the viewers who have followed his exploits through every twist and bloodstained turn of this expansive, intricately-plotted thriller deserve; and happily, it’s precisely what they get.
Christopher Eccleston and Chiwetel Ejiofor star in Hugo Blick’s seven-part conspiracy thriller The Shadow Line, coming to BBC Two in May, which delves into the heart of human morality.
In the final instalment of BBC Two’s thriller series, DI Jonah Gabriel finally uncovers the truth about Counterpoint and the people behind it – but will he be able to bring them to justice?
After several weeks of soul-searching and self-doubt, DI Jonah Gabriel (Chiwetel Ejiofor) finally establishes which side of the line he was on before being shot in the head – and who his real enemies are.
In the penultimate instalment of BBC Two’s thriller series, personal tragedy interferes with DI Gabriel’s seemingly hopeless attempts to unravel the web of corruption and cover-ups that surround the murder of Harvey Wratten.
Over the course of its first four episodes, The Shadow Line has matured from an overwrought, rather confused melodrama plagued with florid verbosity into one of the BBC’s best thrillers in a very long time. In the fifth instalment, it gets even better.
Actress Kierston Wareing (Fish Tank, Martina Cole’s The Take) plays Detective Sergeant Lia Honey in Hugo Blick’s seven-part conspiracy thriller The Shadow Line.
In the fifth instalment of BBC Two’s thriller series, Peter Glickman is finally tracked down by Gatehouse, but the runaway moneyman has a surprise in store for his ruthless pursuer.
Actor Rafe Spall (Desperate Romantics, Pete Versus Life) plays Jay Wratten, Wratten’s nephew and a key player in the drugs cartel, in Hugo Blick’s seven-part conspiracy thriller The Shadow Line.