Plot: Douglas Bellowes is a widely respected middle news anchor with a sidekick Madeline and newspaper editor wife Sheila, when he makes an ill-advised joke at a wedding and is faced with cancel culture.
This series was Very Good.
Pros: Karen Gillan & Hugh Bonneville are the soul reason to watch this miniseries because of them. Each scene involving those two are quite intense to watch. The humour is witty and not that bear bones & The performances from the cast were So Good.
Cons: I wish this series had more episodes instead of 4 and the finale ended so abruptly. Genre: Comedy, Drama
Created by Steven Moffat
Directed by Ben Palmer
Written by Steven Moffat
Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Karen Gillan, Alex Kingston, Nick Mohammed, Simon Russell Beale, Ben Miles & Madeleine Power.
Executive producers: Steven Moffat, Ben Palmer, Sue Vertue
Producer: Lawrence Till
Production companies:
Network: ITVX
Casts & Characters:
- Hugh Bonneville as Douglas Bellowes, lead presenter for Live at Six news.
- Karen Gillan as Madeline Crow, Douglas’s co-presenter.
- Alex Kingston as Sheila Bellowes, Douglas’s wife and a newspaper editor.
- Nick Mohammed as Morgan, a comedy writer working for Live at Six.
- Simon Russell Beale as Bently, Douglas’s agent
- Ben Miles as Toby, Douglas’s producer.
- Madeleine Power as Claudia Bellowes, Douglas’s daughter and political activist.
- Joe Wilkinson as Tom, Toby’s driver.
- Kirsty Wark as Interviewer.
I highly recommend watching this series on ITVX.
Rating: 8 out of 10 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
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