100% on Rotten Tomatoes from 16 reviews (avg 8.9/10); Metacritic score of 87. Critics singled out the specificity of place and James Graham's ability to turn a miners'-strike community into a living moral landscape.
Renewal: A third series was announced by the BBC in September 2024 following strong iPlayer performance. Series 1 and 2 both completed with 6 episodes each. (Wikipedia)
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| Season | Released | BollyMeter | Critics | Audience | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 12022 · 6 eps | 13 June 2022 | 9.0 | 100% | n/a | MUST-WATCH |
| Season 22024 · 6 eps | 25 August 2024 | 8.8 | n/a | n/a | MUST-WATCH |
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The opening hour establishes the Nottinghamshire community with documentary exactness before the first murder detonates it. Graham's writing plants the strike-era trauma in domestic detail - the language neighbours use with each other, the silences at family dinners - so that when violence arrives it feels historically inevitable rather than sensational.
The finale delivers on every thread without tidying them - the crimes are resolved but the community is not, and the closing images make clear that forty years of grievance cannot be prosecuted away. The Guardian awarded five stars and noted the series never faltered in its intricate plotting.
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