Thursday, 30 August 2018

Keeping Faith (2017 Creator: Matthew Hall)

Had to mention this because of Eve Myles, who's absolutely terrific - forget Nicola Walker, everyone. She was in the 2008 Little Dorrit - but way down the cast list. And Victoria, Broadchurch, A Very English Scandal, Torchwood. She's just great in every little shot, completely owns the show; filmed so close there's nowhere to hide. Why is this being shown over the summer and not in peak season time?



Hall was a trial lawyer - started writing Kavanagh QC with John Thaw. Unfortunately has one of those endings that is both maddening and forces you into watching season 2, and has taken eight hours to get there. When you think Any Human Heart is only five... And nice cop brother-in-law's character (played by Matthew Gravelle) wasn't really exploited at all. Written by Hall, Anwen Hughes and Sian Naiomi.

Like the direction - especially the way that missing husband Bradley Freegard is always shot in extreme close up. With Mark Lewis Jones (nice rogue), Aneirin Hughes & Rhian Morgan (father- and mother-in-law), Eiry Thomas (nasty detective with frankly unbelievably bad haircut), Catherine Ayers.

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