Review by lillightjc-85500

This tragic story of the murders of these 5 desperate girls was superbly acted by a terrific cast of brilliant actors. Excellent scripts and perfect pacing all came together to portray the trauma suffered not only by these girls and their loved ones, but the tragic suffering of victims of drug abuse. It was also a revelation of how poorly financed and understaffed the agencies are that work so hard to help girls like these and others in a variety of horrific situations.

Something though was really wrong with the poor filming, photography, sound and lighting. Not only did it let the actors down, who all did such incredible work, but it somehow made it very obvious that they were just on different film sets and at various film locations with a filmcrew that were taking shots from different angles with microphones nearby. They constantly broke the fourth wall in very negative ways. The BBC are usually so much better than this. Was it due to a low budget or just inferior camera, sound and lighting crews? Such a shame! An important series as this deserved far better treatment.