Protection

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Season 1
  • Network: BritBox
  • Series Premiere Date: Dec 29, 2024
Metascore
65

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6

Critic Reviews

  1. Decider
    Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    Mar 17, 2025
    60
    We’re willing to give Protection a pass because of Siobhan Finneran’s lead performance, but the show feels like it’s weighed down by a lot of British cop show cliches.
  2. The Independent
    Reviewed by: Nick Hilton
    Mar 17, 2025
    40
    Nothing new, nothing memorable, but nothing much to object to either.
  3. The Times
    Reviewed by: Carol Midgley
    Mar 17, 2025
    60
    I don’t think some of the other characters have been fleshed out enough. DCI Wheatley, for instance, is one-dimensional snitty. But Finneran’s Nyles is sufficiently nuanced and interesting to carry the plot which, if you have watched ahead, you will know becomes murkier and murkier.
  5. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Lucy Mangan
    Mar 17, 2025
    60
    This is unquestionably a simple role for Finneran, compared with her Happy Valley stints and many, many more, but she brings everything she has to it and it is great, undemanding fun to watch.