The language used is of course entirely contemporary. The constant search for 'food' to make 'peas', the various uses of 'fam / cuz / bro', 'ends' (neighbourhood), 'yard' (home), 'spice' (fake weed), 'man dem' (group of friends; gang) etc.
Eno provides the ambient music. It's not often you have to complain that the Eno is too loud.
Ashley Walters is charismatic, Kane Robinson (rapper Kano) is not Noel Clarke (you can tell by the end he's sick of the whole thing).
Rest of distinguished cast: above: Hope Ikpoku Jr., Micheal Ward, Araloyin Ushunremi; Keiyon Cook his mate who becomes a dealer, Little Simz (carer, also in Ill Manors), Shone Romulus (Dris), Jasmine Jobson (Jaq) and Saffron Hocking (her sister), Lisa Dwan (Lizzie the supplier), Kadeem Ramsay.
Directed and green photography by Reinaldo Marcus Green and Joe Anderson (first three), Nia DaCosta and Chloe Thomson (The Long Song and Ellen)(next two), Brady Hood and Adam Scarth (next two), Aneil Karia and Tina Yang (last three). 'Bonfire Night' is a great title for a searing episode.
It deals with tons of issues but always with plot and characters first; in that respect it works more successfully for me than The Morning Show.
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