The Level (ITV tonight)

Police drama what a brilliant idea why has nobody thought of this before?

digdeep 30 Sep 16 20:21 Joined: 23 Aug 02 | Topic/replies: 933 | Blogger: digdeep's blog
Police drama what a brilliant idea why has nobody thought of this before?

Good to see one back i miss the bill and londons burning

It's actually quite good.

Not bad at all.

The woman playing the lead role is the only actor I don't recognise.

I enjoyed the first episode.

If you enjoyed Marcella, you’re in luck. Not only has ITV ordered a second series of the Anna Friel drama, but The Level is a similar – and less bonkers – female-led crime thriller, based on the same premise of a cop implicated up to her armpits in the murder case she’s investigating.

http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/fc9sdj/the-level--series-1-episode-1

I don't think I was the only one who watched Marcella from start to finish but never fully understood what was going on.

Marcello was lousy - ridiculously implausible and very unusual to see poor acting nowadays but the estranged husband was never really very convincing for me. 'The Bridge' was different gravy and thoroughly enjoyable despite having an equally daft plot, it was better directed, more stylish and much faster paced.

Much preferred 'The Level' to 'Paranoid'.

This series 'The Level' also clearly makes a nonsense of the claim that there is a problem recruiting black police officers in the UK. Neither of the lead detectives in this series are white, and there's no way ITV would fabricate the likelihood of this in one of their 'serious dramas'.