Ridley Road

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Season 1
Metascore
71

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
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Critic Reviews

  1. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    May 3, 2022
    60
    It’s entertaining, and disturbing, and it blends in ordinary street footage from the time so that the era comes alive. But it’s also so improbable that you may find yourself rolling your eyes. If you can get past the notion that the inexperienced Vivien could actually take to spying so quickly and so well, there are moments and performances to admire.
  2. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Anita Singh
    Apr 8, 2022
    60
    About 20 minutes in, I wondered if I had missed the first episode and was mistakenly watching the second. ... Writer Sarah Solemani has described her show as “an exhilarating, suspenseful, sexy journey”. Not yet, it isn’t.
  3. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Lucy Mangan
    Apr 8, 2022
    60
    Though the main thrust of the story is the amateur espionage and the increasing involvement of Epstein in Jordan’s world, it is in the quieter, more domestic moments that the drama is most convincing. ... The London parts, however, have a much broader-brush feel to them.