Sheridan Smith, David Morrissey and Olivia Colman are perfect here.
I watched this when it was first broadcast on the BBC in 2014. But having just caught it again when it was repeated on the BBC in 2020, it's even better than I remember it being.
While it doesn't say anything new about relationships, it tells its tale in a very thoughtful and restrained way.
My only criticism is that Ryan, Sally's fiancé, is a little too irritating. While Ryan probably needs to be irritating, in order to push Sally into Carl's arms, I feel the script went a little too far.
I watched this when it was first broadcast on the BBC in 2014. But having just caught it again when it was repeated on the BBC in 2020, it's even better than I remember it being.
While it doesn't say anything new about relationships, it tells its tale in a very thoughtful and restrained way.
My only criticism is that Ryan, Sally's fiancé, is a little too irritating. While Ryan probably needs to be irritating, in order to push Sally into Carl's arms, I feel the script went a little too far.