The Night Caller

Can't believe this isn't getting better reviews and more praise. Stunning performance from Glenister in particular. You can see every drop of pain and confusion, despair in his performance. His face. If that is what acting is, conveying all of this with a look, he is some actor indeed. Pertwee is excellent as the somewhat immoral, selfish radio dj who just pretends to care, but even he is overshadowed by Glenister. Some excellent support in supporting roles, but this is largely a two header. Something rather different. Quite a sad, hard watch. Channel 5 proving they can turn out some top quality drama.

Black Cab earns ten stars from me based on Robert Glenister's outstanding performance as Tony. He captures perfectly the pain that a person in his position would suffer, and the intensity of his facial expressions gave me chills. This series won't leave you laughing for sure but will hopefully touch your heart. Suzanne Packer as Rosa, Sean Pertwee as Lawrence, and Stephen Walters as Rob also deserve recognition for the portrayals of their respective characters. Some viewers might find things move a bit slowly and I might agree to an extent. Overall, however, I found Black Cab excellent and very moving.

I don't know why so many people on here are complaining about this being miserable and not much fun to watch.it's a dark thriller after all.if you are looking for a show filled with action sequences,this isn't for you.

The show,in my opinion benefits from the slow build up.it really gives the actors the chance to put in a gripping performance that has you hooked from the start.

Sean Pertwee is excellent as per usual and Glenister absolutely steals the show with his amazingly emotional performance.

Great acting from the whole cast and I feel sorry for the people who didn't make it to the heartbreaking end.if you can't be bothered to watch something in it's entirety because the show isn't the type of thing you expected,you shouldn't leave a negative review.

Teacher turned taxi driver Tony builds an unusual obsession with nighttime radio host Lawrence, when Tony commits a heinous crime, he turns to Lawrence for guidance and support.

There are definitely a group of reviewers that simply want to hate on Channel 5 dramas, I question why bother watching them, I've called out the bad ones, and praised thr good ones, this is definitely a good one.

I really did enjoy this one, well paced, tense and intriguing, we're given several questions, all of which are answered in the excellent final episode.

It got better after it went on, the first episode is a little slow, but it got better and better as it progressed, I loved the final episode.

The best performance I've seen from Robert Glenister for a while, he was terrific here, matched by the excellent Sean Pertwee, a voice perfect for radio, thank goodness he's such a good actor.

8/10.

There are many poor reviews for this programme and everyone is entitled to their opinion. If you want action this is not for you. On the other hand if you want a believable plot full of tension about a man at the end of his tether then I recommend it. Both principal actors Sean Pertwee and especially Robert Glenister give wonderful performances in this superbly written drama about an ex teacher who is now driving a cab for a living. We don't know why he lost his job but it has deeply affected him. He finds comfort and support when he calls the Night Caller radio call-in programme. Gradually his problems are revealed but his troubles increase.