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If you want a frivolous comedy, this show is not for you. If you want one of the best exposés of the last 20 years, watch this.

Why this never got a second series is a mystery. On the other hand being a 12 episode gem, may have mad this a cult classic.

Not for the faint-hearted, this show will rip you guts out. Phil Daniels gives his best performance since Quadrophenia.

The whole cast is spot on perfect, from; Ray Emmet Brown- Theodore Gulliver Georgia Mackenzie- Sarah Beckenham Annabelle Apsion- CS Ross Craig Parkinson- Spinky Sutherland

...down to the real life criminals. Or are they?

Perfect television.

As another reviewer said, they tried to do too much and failed to do anything. They could have done so much more with the music of the time and they failed. But most of all the original music is terrible. The band as such would never have been popular.

Then they tried to shoehorn the IRA into the show. Great, do an IRA show or do a Two Tone show. Not both. Then they tried to add M Thatchers in to the mix. Add a dollop of soap opera and you end up with an uneven pile of crap.

I did enjoy quite a few parts of this but I would have to be convinced about a second series. More Ska/Two Tone and less IRA.

.....really bad. It is not even remotely funny. I can't even begin to tell you how bad this is. It's so bad that I can't be bothered to write any more so I'm going to cut and paste 400 characters more.

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