Black Doves
Netflix
Someone at Netflix clearly got very jealous about the success of “Slow Horses” and wanted to make their own fast paced, morally ambiguous, darkly humourous show about spies and stuff. Oh, yeah, and the way to make it better than Slow Horses is to have a really high body count, right?
Well, wrong. But everything else was spot on the just-as-good-as rung of the ladder. Quite a complex tale that did eventually all come together in the last show, with some great actors clearly having a lot of fun with their quick-fire and witty lines. (Amongst my favourites, Williams after hearing how herion really screws up your life laconically comments “so, overall, about 7/10 then”.)
Not quite as grounded in reality as its competitor so a bit less believable but cleverly written and well setup for a second series needing only Mrs Reed to establish the continuity (and you could get away without her by just bringing in someone else in the same position). My guess is that the second series will be commissioned and will find me as a willing and eager viewer.