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One of my pet hates [is] how TV dramas always get journalists wrong and this lot were predictably two-dimensional despite the efforts of Alexandra Roach (Scanlan’s co-star from the quality No Offence). However, I liked the way that it features realistic people in authentic, ordinary houses and it’s not all kitchen islands and rainfall showers.
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Episode one is all a bit bleak and ponderous but I ended up watching the whole series and the pace does pick up. It turns into a thriller, albeit not an especially thrilling one.
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Assuming the pace picks up in coming episodes – and it must if anything is to happen, let alone be resolved in the next five hours – there will be enough to reward viewing. If it doesn’t – well, finish the chocolate and leftover Baileys and we’ll try again in a bit.
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In a vacuum, The Light in the Hall would be a perfectly fine, if a little overwrought, small-town crime drama. The problem is, we’ve seen it all before.