Two future stars, one brutal love triangle, zero happy endings. British TV drama that punches hard.
Brilliant, brutal and shocking drama starring Jonny Lee Miller and John Simm, following an ex-convict who falls for a prostitute, but makes a dangerous enemy of her pimp.
Acting
Simm's feral, unpredictable Cecil steals every scene
Direction
Madden's claustrophobic framing traps you with these men
Director
John Madden
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was John Simm's breakthrough role at age 24, predating his Life on Mars fame by over a decade.
Part of BBC's 'Screen Two' anthology, representing the gritty social realism that defined mid-90s British television before Cool Britannia took over.
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