satisfying emotional drama
Satisfying emotional drama that covers around 10 years in an imagined London between 1981 and 1991 , via five rushed episodes.It was filmed in Manchester, so it just does not look like London. It was slightly odd that it showed "Gay News" and "London Gay" (? never heard of that one) newspapers instead of the "Capital Gay" which was the London weekly rag of those years in the bars and clubs of London. The music was a tad naff, being many great chart hits and rather fewer of the non-charting hyper Hi-NRG that was all the rage at the time for London clubs. But those are minor quibbles.
For men who lived through that period, and held dying partners and friends as the virus ravaged them, it is a a brief and nostalgic view back , with hard hitting lines from the female roles especially at the end. It could easily have been a 12 part or 24 parts in 2 series.
As a survivor of those times, I was worried that I would be disappointed, but I'm delighted to say kudos to Mr Davies, because this piece just works on several levels. Recommended.
score 9/10
manschelde-1 23 January 2021
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