I really enjoyed it; the best compliment I can pay is that it didn't feel overlong - which is unusual with me for 2hr telly dramas. I've never understood why, when all of the resources of Hollywood generally can't sustain interest for more than 100 minutes, tv people think that 2 hours is the right length for a routine drama. It left me with a few unresolved questions, but I guess ambiguity is the nature of these things.
I thought Sean Bean was pretty good too, not so much what he said but because of his sheer physical presence. He seemed to radiate an incredible malevolent solidity - as though he'd been hewn from the evil equivalent of a neutron star (must be those tight polo neck sweaters). Although if Yorkshire really was that grim I'm amazed that my parents could bear to raise a child! I kept thinking "Bloody 'ell, it were grim up North in the 70s. Thank God I never lived there... wait a minute... I did!"
