Alan Bleasdale's comic crime caper for Channel 4 about a former getaway driver desperate to leave his life of crime behind. Featuring Alfred Molina, David Ross, Amanda Mealing, Andrew Schofield and Julie Walters. Raymond Murtagh's Requim Apache tells the story of Hamish, who was once one of the criminal underworld's best getaway drivers. Now a new father and retired to the Suffolk countryside, he has to watch the baby at home alone. However, Hamish's peaceful and idyllic new life is shattered when his past rears its ugly head once again, and the old gang comes over for a visit. They make him an offer he dare not refuse to take on one last bank job. However, with no babysitter available, he is forced to take the baby with him.
Acting
Molina's hangdog weariness carrying every scene.
Writing
Bleasdale's gift for tragedy in ridiculous circumstances.
Direction
Tight 77 minutes that never wastes a grimace.
Director
David Ward Jones
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Channel 4's 1990s TV movies were a breeding ground for British talent like Molina and Walters before Hollywood claimed them.
Bleasdale wrote this during his 'GBH' and 'Jake's Progress' heyday, channeling the same working-class despair into farce.
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