Mark Strong being terrifying in a cardigan. Your cozy night in just got cursed.
Drama about domestic violence in a cosy middle-class relationship starring Hermione Norris and Mark Strong. Won a Bafta awards for Best New Writer and Best New Fiction Director.
Acting
Strong's chilling everyday menace; Norris's crumbling composure.
Direction
Hill's invasive close-ups that refuse to look away.
Writing
Dialogue so normal it scares you more than shouting would.
Director
Brian Hill
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a wave of early-2000s British TV dramas confronting domestic abuse in 'respectable' households, challenging the working-class stereotype.
Both BAFTA wins were for newcomers — Hill and writer Debbie O'Malley had primarily documentary backgrounds, which explains the unbearable realism.
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