Something about the Darren Boyd - Adeel Akhtar interaction immediately struck me as overdone and hammy. But generally plot of missing girl, government cover-up and seedy private eye firm is intriguing - a bit of Strike to it, a bit of Slough House. Ah - it's from a Mike Slow Horses Herron novel (his first, one of a series of four), adapted by Morwenna Banks in eight episodes. And I'm not sure it's that well written. The 'funny' bits aren't funny and it suffers from a wide uncertainty of tone. Not sure Banks was the right choice. Some of the plotting is questionable also - I mean who cares about the girl? She can't identify anyone or tell anyone anything. The whole premise is faulty.
Emma Thompson looks great in silver hair and leathers.
With Ruth Wilson and some other people. Who are Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Fehinti Balogun, Sinead Matthews (The Boat That Rocked, Pride and Prejudice), Tom Goodman-Hill, Tom Riley, Ken Nwosu, Lydia Leonard (good as minister; Last Christmas, A Very Royal Scandal, Funny Woman, The Crown).
It's not really a TV programme it's an Apple!
It's not really Oxford but Bristol! It's not really Scotland but Cornwall! (Where Emma was delighted to find a great pub - the Blue Peter.)
I expect there'll be another series but overall I was really quite disappointed.
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