The Accident: Season 1

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Channel 4 | Season Premiere Date: October 24, 2019

Summary: The Jack Thorne drama is set in a small Welsh town where a large construction project explosion causes injury and death of several people, dividing the townspeople as they question who should be blamed. [Originally premiered in the UK's Channel 4 on 24 Oct 2019]

Genre(s): Drama

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E4. Episode 4
Air Date: November 14, 2019
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S1:E4. Episode #1.4
Air Date: November 14, 2019
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S1:E3. Episode 3
Air Date: November 7, 2019

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The Guardian Lucy Mangan

Dec 4, 2019

It promises to be a fittingly thoughtful and wholly absorbing last installment. Read full review

The Independent Ed Cumming

Jan 3, 2020

You might guess that an accident like this would expose corporate malfeasance and government neglect, but in Thorne and his cast’s skilful hands, these events expose smaller-scale traumas, too, none the less devastating. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Nov 20, 2019

It’s a nuanced look at the human need for blame and how people and systems collapse when there are no easy answers. It doesn’t quite come together like its first half promises—some of the courtroom material in the final episode doesn’t ring true to me at all—but it has solid performances throughout, and contains the kind of adult, philosophical questions that we will lose if we lose this kind of dramatic storytelling on television. Read full review

IndieWire Steve Greene

Nov 22, 2019

Those looking for verisimilitude may find some in “The Accident,” but getting through to the conclusion, it’s still murky what all of that on-screen suffering services. Read full review

The Times Carol Midgley

Feb 21, 2020

It was a drama in search of a soul, but what it found ultimately was formula. Read full review

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The_Crumpeteer

Oct 25, 2020

It's startling just how poorly written this is, the first episode is a cornucopia of unintentional cringe. I practically winced through almost every character interaction because they're all plagued by either; bad directing, bad writing, bad acting, or all three if you're really lucky. WithIt's startling just how poorly written this is, the first episode is a cornucopia of unintentional cringe. I practically winced through almost every character interaction because they're all plagued by either; bad directing, bad writing, bad acting, or all three if you're really lucky. With the recent explosion in quality TV, the accident is a throwback in a really bad way. Make sure to give this a hard pass.… Expand

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: October 24, 2019
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  S1:E4. Episode 4
  Air Date: November 14, 2019
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  S1:E4. Episode #1.4
  Air Date: November 14, 2019
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  S1:E3. Episode 3
  Air Date: November 7, 2019
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  S1:E3. Episode #1.3
  Air Date: November 7, 2019
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  S1:E2. Episode 2
  Air Date: October 31, 2019
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  S1:E2. Episode #1.2
  Air Date: October 31, 2019
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  S1:E1. Episode 1
  Air Date: October 24, 2019
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  S1:E1. Episode #1.1
  Air Date: October 24, 2019