Wednesday 25 September 2024

Nightsleeper (2024 Nick Leather)

Six part BBC thriller is somewhat incredible, to say the least, and some of the dialogue is rather clunky, but it is reasonably gripping. It's Stagecoach in essence as a group of passengers in peril get to find out about one another, as the Edinburgh-London overnight train is 'hackjacked'. Love the British way of dealing with it - let's open the bar!

On the train: Joe Cole, Ruth Madeley, James Cosmo, Katie Leung, Scott Reid & Sharon Rooney (train staff), Alex Ferns (drunk one), Daniel Cahill (oil rig), Sharon Small, Lois Chimimba, Leah MacRae. And Adam Mitchell as the boy.

Back at the office: Alexandra Roach (No Offence), David Threlfall, Parth Thakerar, Pamela Nomvete, Gabriel Howell. And that was Jonjo O'Neill as the aggressive Intelligence guy.

One of those TV things where no one's phone battery ever runs out.



The ending is as unbelievable as the whole thing. 'What a load of bollocks' I exclaimed over the end credits.

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