Kiri

I would have rated higher if it wasn't for the ending. I did really enjoy this series but the ending was disappointing. Why do all films and tv programs these days have to have dubious endings where you have to guess what is actually going to happen instead of just rounding off the story? Back in the 80's or 90's this didn't happen the story reached a conclusion. Oh and Sarah Lancashire is brilliant and was not in the story enough for me.

Hard hitting, grim with touches of humour.

Sarah Lancashire leaves the Happy Valley of Yorkshire for Gert Lush country, Bristol.

Lancashire plays a well meaning, compassionate and experienced social worker, Miriam. She needs to add a dash of the hard stuff on her morning cup of tea and has to bring the dog to work on account of all the ailments the dog has.

However her day is blown off course when she allows Kiri, a young black girl about to be adopted by her white parents visit to visit her real grandfather. To know where she comes from.

However Kiri fails to return home, believed to be abducted by her father. Now the blame lies on Miriam that she allowed an unsupervised visit to Kiri's grandparents.

Jack Throne has not written a whodunnit. This is about the fall out from a decision Miriam made, she is now going to be exposed to the press who already express that she went easy on her grandparents because they were black. Her bosses look like they will throw Miriam to the wolves and Miriam's life looks like it will spiral downwards in the following episodes.

Well acted and an interesting plot but let down by the inconclusive final episode. This happens too often in UK tv dramas - scriptwriters have good ideas for a story but don't know how to reach a satisfactory conclusion.

On reflection, a few hours after I finished watching this fascinating unpredictable drama, I understand that if it were created by BBC, it would have been a completely different ending wrapped up with a pretty pink bow.

However Channel 4 have created this piece and it does well to represent some of the worst moral panic in our society through non bias and non bias eyes.

The care system and the role of social worker is not represented enough although watching this, you can see why the profession doesn't have flocks of people signing up to join.

This is one of those series with great acting, red herrings, implausible outcomes that just ends stupidly. Don't waste your time.