seeleytony

A spectacular miscarriage of justice affecting hundreds of ordinary people. The Post Office, in fact a government department, persecuted their employees for what turned out to be, their faulty computer system. The computer company and post office are shown to be heartless liars who made enormous efforts to cover up their mistake and hide the evidence. Eventually the employees achieve the truth and expose the errors. Some minor financial settlement is achieved that in no way compensates the hundreds of people whose lives have been ruined. A true David vs Goliath story that was quite upsetting to watch, not least because it is true!

Most of us are familiar with Caesar's achievements and demise. At school, I was seriously turned off by Shakespeare. The melodrama and archaic English did nothing for me. I hated Latin and dropped it as soon as I could. But Caesar's life and death are fascinating.

This documentary style series fleshes out what really went on as Caesar emerges as the most successful Roman ever. He puts himself on a pedestal (tyrant/dictator) and undermines the 500 years of Roman democracy. Ultimately the only way the senate could cope was to murder him in full view of all the senior Romans. Lots of lessons for modern democracy!

Police dramas are two a penny, but this is a special and fairly unique one, I think the best since Happy Valley! I watched this on iPlayer over 5 days and am hoping there will be a 2nd series. You find yourself drawn into knowing the characters and their quirks. An unusual approach, is to focus on the 3 new recruits and follow their journey. The criminal characters are presented well, but you don't get to know them as well as the coppers. There is nothing too predictable in the script which tends to keep you guessing and retains your interest. The Belfast dialect is not too strong, although subtitles may be helpful!