Close to Home. Ed Whitmore. Young boy found in Hertfordshire - all the locals assume it's paedo Andre Flynn, but of course as anyone who's seen this show before knows it's never the obvious suspect (even though, true to form, he does try and run away). Robert Pugh his violent dad tries to protect him.
No it's not until well into part 2 we discover who it is. With Tom Goodman-Hill (Humans).
As soon as you see the name Tim Prager you know what you're about to watch is hard hitting and socially topical. Seven Times - directed by Kate Saxon - is no exception, dealing with domestic abuse against women. Artfully woven into this is Nikki's own past in which her own mother suffered the abuse; and accordingly she bonds with a young witness, who in the shattering final line says to Nikki 'Tell me it won't happen to me'.
In a neat sub-plot, Thomas is somehow involved in a men only club of cunts and is expected to try to help the reputation of a judge who's assaulted a young woman.
Michael Maloney is the judge. Garry Dobson as disabled detective adds tang. Slightly bonkers ending though lets it down - as the mother gone psycho?
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