Close to Me

Really enjoyed this. Intriguing and engaging. Kept me guessing until the end.

I enjoy slow burn drama but this was excruciatingly dragged out. The characters never really took off - especially Christopher Eccleston's part - he seemed awkward and wooden, not helped by the uninspired writing. At most this is a four part, even three part drama. Consequently it was diluted and not in the slightest bit compelling - which is a crying shame because the synopsis and setting had great potential.

Don't waste your time with this 6 hours that could have been told in 1 or 2. Not a bad story and a bit different, but the two main characters are both annoying and I struggled to like either of them.

I just ifnished watching 6 hours of this and hoping with each episode for some real drama and excitement and what did we get?

A very limp drama with no surprises and a lacklustre and unsurprising zero twist in the tale ending.

Ecclestone weak and woefully miscast and just a waste of those 6 hours for zero payoff - If this is the standard; and it seems like it is, of British Drama these days, then we had maybe better just stop making it!

Jo seems to have it all, a loving family, a great home, success, one thing she's missing however, her memory, after waking up from a fall, she's missing the last year of memories.

It gets off to a pretty frustrating start, the early episodes are pretty slow, and padded, but my advice is stick with it, from part 4 onwards, it goes up a few gears, it becomes way more intense and a lot more engaging, the last two episodes I thought were excellent.

It's a good old fashioned mystery, you'll have to put the pieces of the jigsaw together, it's very satisfying when it call comes together.

It is beautifully filmed and shot, it looks and sounds awesome, superbly produced. The best element for me, the acting, what a terrific cast, each person gets their chance to shine, and they do.

I thoroughly enjoyed it, 8/10.