The week in TV: Adolescence; Michael Sheen’s Secret Million Pound Giveaway; Chess Masters: The Endgame – review
A teenage murder sparks Stephen Graham and Jack Thorne’s affecting drama about the online ‘manosphere’; Michael Sheen’s generosity exposes Britain’s debt crisis; and, for the first time in 30 years, chess is king at the BBCAdolescence (Netflix)Michael Sheen’s Secret Million Pound Giveaway (Channel 4) | channel4.comChess Masters: The Endgame (BBC Two) | iPlayerAfter the horrific death of a teenage girl in Adolescence, the camera follows a day’s events in a police station in one single extraordinary shot, and then does the same at her school. But the real eye-opener is which of the two locations turns out to be more redolent of crime and menace. Stephen Graham, who co-wrote this four-part series with the prolific Jack Thorne (This Is England ’86/’90, Help, Kiri, Toxic Town), plays Eddie, a father who looks on in stunned bewilderment while officers process his 13-year-old son Jamie for murder as if they were filling out their timesheets. Continue reading…
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