Temple (2019 Writer Mark O'Rowe)

A tall story, an unlikely premise... but if you waive aside plausibility you find some nice black comic touches to bonkers tale, featuring the terrific duo of Mark Strong and Danny Mays.

For example, in episode one, where the robbers are all accidentally trapped at the robbery scene, and then the surviving member of the gang re-opens his stitches by slipping on his own blood. And in particular, the blackly comic scene where Strong is trying to get a precious kidney to his wife, then encounters that hostile cabbie again.

With Carice van Houten (good - looked really familiar but isn't, unless from Jackie... ah yes, Julian Fellowes' From Time To Time), Catherine McCormack, Tobi King Bakare (good - his first major role), Lily Newmark (the daughter), Chloe Pirrie and Ryan McKen (detectives), Claire Rushbrook, Siena Kelly, Wunmi Wosaku (scary - Luther, Kiri, Fantastic Beasts, Capital, Vera, I Am Slave), Craig Parkinson, Marion Bailey.

It's rather dark and claustrophobic and people say "what do you mean?" too often.

Mark O'Rowe writer (with the collaboration of DC Moore for the last episode); directors Luke Snellin (1-3), Shariff Korver (4-6), Lisa Siwe (7&8). Based on the Norwegian format Valkyrien created by Erik Richter Strand.

Eight 45 minute episodes for Sky. Resolves its immediate crisis but leaves it to run straight into season two.

Music by Matthew Herbert, photographed and edited by a variety of different people..

"What do you mean?"