Bean’s performance of guilt made flesh was striking. McGovern didn’t spare us the bleakness of the British prison system in the 21st century, but, as ever with the great writer, this brawny story was one of hope. Bean played a basically decent middle-aged bloke, doing a long stretch for killing a man while drink-driving Graham was the honest screw forced into dodgy dealings. Time – BBC One Most people were sold on this drama in six words: Sean Bean.
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Great art reflects its time, and TV is no exception.
The list below, I note in retrospect, leans heavily on the dark, the downbeat and the downright depressing, but perhaps that’s fitting for a year in which we’ve all been tested to the limit. And, as you can see from my top five below, this was a year in which the Americans showed us how it was done. Innovative and idiosyncratic dramas such as Landscapers, WandaVision, The Serpent, The Chair and Reservation Dogs have not made my top 10, but all deserve plaudits. However, let’s not write the whole year off. But there is no escaping the fact that 2020 was a vintage year for British TV drama: Quiz, I May Destroy You, Small Axe, Normal People, I Hate Suzie.
We must salute the TV industry for soldiering on during lockdowns and stringent pandemic regulations that could shut down a production at a moment’s notice. Last year, I thanked the TV gods for providing us with ample fare to get us through lockdown, but warned that 2021 would be the year that our glowing, rectangular friends would feel the Covid pinch.
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