Playing on the success of real-crime shows like Making a Murderer and The Jinx,the BBC’s new drama has taken a enormous gamble – and made its characters declare their gripping stories in straight-to-camera interviews
This isn’t a whodunnit. It’s a whydunnit. A cross between The Killing, Criminal Justice and Making a Murderer, or the BBC’s three-fraction drama Murder could well be the most devastating series of the year. It certainly promises to be the most original.
Playing on the phenomenal success of real-crime documentaries like The Jinx,co-creators Robert Jones and Kath Mattock have taken a enormous gamble – and chosen to declare three standalone crime stories through a succession of straight-to-camera interviews. None of the characters ever interact but, as we listen to their contradictory accounts, and the truth slowly emerges.
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Source: theguardian.com