What can I say, this show was gritty, sad, depressing, moving, touching and it made you hate the bad cops with vigour and even I detested them through all three parts of this thrilling trilogy. This is indeed very close to Life On Mars, but so very much darker. No humour just pure grit and dirt and it was a brilliant show. Police corruption, obsession and murder. This programme showed the dark side to the very people we trust to protect us, and if it was bad anywhere then it is always going to be the north due to no control or observation of the police.
Through every episode from the first part where we saw the darkness grow and only win, with only one victory. A few of the corrupt cops and the man behind it all being killed by the hero journalist, but it was short lived as we saw in the end. With part two we thought that it would come crashing down on the evil cops but it didn't with another hero dying and losing his life to the people he thought were his friends and fellow officers. Finally part three, we all thought that it would end with the corrupt evil police officers getting away with their sins and deeds and they indeed do but a small victory shows itself, a small one yet the first victory for the good in a long time.
Red Riding was entirely gripping through each of it's parts and it never slowed down or put me off from watching it through. Hard hitting, sad, and truly heartbreaking we all were glued to our seats as a nation to this well wanted drama. I hope for the rest of its viewers they were happy with its conclusion as I was because this show deserves only praise and not criticism. A piece of soon to be cult television without a doubt, something hopefully our next generation is told about and views it themselves to know British television is to be matched.
Through every episode from the first part where we saw the darkness grow and only win, with only one victory. A few of the corrupt cops and the man behind it all being killed by the hero journalist, but it was short lived as we saw in the end. With part two we thought that it would come crashing down on the evil cops but it didn't with another hero dying and losing his life to the people he thought were his friends and fellow officers. Finally part three, we all thought that it would end with the corrupt evil police officers getting away with their sins and deeds and they indeed do but a small victory shows itself, a small one yet the first victory for the good in a long time.
Red Riding was entirely gripping through each of it's parts and it never slowed down or put me off from watching it through. Hard hitting, sad, and truly heartbreaking we all were glued to our seats as a nation to this well wanted drama. I hope for the rest of its viewers they were happy with its conclusion as I was because this show deserves only praise and not criticism. A piece of soon to be cult television without a doubt, something hopefully our next generation is told about and views it themselves to know British television is to be matched.