Eight years since the last review so time for another. Tom Bell, the principal actor has passed away since then.
It is gripping drama, well filmed, and of course, as well acted as any drama, creating a sombre mood as Frank Ross goes about the business of finding out who was the "grass" responsible for putting him inside after a carefully planned robbery with a very tight team.
Ross's obsession with finding the informant is matched by the intensity of Bryce's contempt for Ross and "his kind." It provides dramatic tension throughout and the legitimacy of Bryce's policing is as much in question as Ross's morality about being on the wrong side of the law.
Drama like this lives forever because of high credibility, Brian Cox's portrayal of the treacherous McGrath makes the series even more memorable.
It is gripping drama, well filmed, and of course, as well acted as any drama, creating a sombre mood as Frank Ross goes about the business of finding out who was the "grass" responsible for putting him inside after a carefully planned robbery with a very tight team.
Ross's obsession with finding the informant is matched by the intensity of Bryce's contempt for Ross and "his kind." It provides dramatic tension throughout and the legitimacy of Bryce's policing is as much in question as Ross's morality about being on the wrong side of the law.
Drama like this lives forever because of high credibility, Brian Cox's portrayal of the treacherous McGrath makes the series even more memorable.