It wasn't just the music (Rael Jones, surely inspired by Mokadelic?) that was making me think of Gomorrah - the whole crime / cocaine / family / betrayal thing is also something they have in common. (Old songs used effectively also.)
It seems wildly implausible e.g. that James Nelson-Joyce would bump off crime family head Sean Bean on their Spanish holiday villa, or that rejected son Jack McMullen would try to bump him off and then change his mind. But it's still an exciting ride. The son is the biggest moron alive - keeps making worse and worse mistakes culminating in gripping and clever final episode, which definitely leaves the way open for season two.
With Hannah Onslow, Mike Noble ('Banksey'), Julie Graham, Laura Aikman, Leanne Best, Kevin Harvey (Bobby), Saoirse Monica-Jackson, Bobby Schofield, Daniel Cerqueira
Eight episodes for BBC. Filmed in Liverpool and Malaga. Butchard wrote Five Daughters, Good Cop. Not sure the title's that great.
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