Well. as they carry me away on a stretcher, I have to say that I didn't intend to binge watch the entire 8 episodes... it just happened. What's the weather like out there?
Having just finished a book by Bill Browder and then reading "Stalin, Waiting for Hitler" I was turned on to this series by a friend who told me it was a cracking show.
He didn't lie to me, just a superb project all round, classic British TV although Britain seems like a foreign country to me now that I've been away for so many years.
Be warned that you can't watch it without being totally absorbed!
There's no doubt in my mind that this is pulled from real life in London as we speak. The money from Russia has been flooding in since the fall of communism and the tap is still wide open, so it's not too much of a stretch to make a very believable fictional series like this.
Acting is flawless and the use of subtitles, with Russian being spoken on screen, is just brilliant.
It's quite interesting to see how Russian capitalists are portrayed as having so much more cultural taste than your average blingy Western billionaires but it's really astounding to see how much money they have amassed in such a short space of time. How can you get away with making that much money and not expect to be offed at some point? There's enough fodder here for more than a few seasons, as there are so many players in the international world of crookery. Book me in for three days straight to watch the next season! Bravo for a great piece of work!
He didn't lie to me, just a superb project all round, classic British TV although Britain seems like a foreign country to me now that I've been away for so many years.
Be warned that you can't watch it without being totally absorbed!
There's no doubt in my mind that this is pulled from real life in London as we speak. The money from Russia has been flooding in since the fall of communism and the tap is still wide open, so it's not too much of a stretch to make a very believable fictional series like this.
Acting is flawless and the use of subtitles, with Russian being spoken on screen, is just brilliant.
It's quite interesting to see how Russian capitalists are portrayed as having so much more cultural taste than your average blingy Western billionaires but it's really astounding to see how much money they have amassed in such a short space of time. How can you get away with making that much money and not expect to be offed at some point? There's enough fodder here for more than a few seasons, as there are so many players in the international world of crookery. Book me in for three days straight to watch the next season! Bravo for a great piece of work!