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Trigger Point (2022)
Unwatchable
Even leaving aside the very wooden acting, poor direction and ridiculous storyline, the complete and utter lack of any sort of technical accuracy renders it painful to watch. I know there's the argument that it's a drama so it doesn't matter, but if it was a drama about the Fire Service which portrayed firefighters trying to put a fire out with a thimble of water, or it was about a surgeon who used a knife and fork and knitting needles to perform open heart surgery it would be laughed at for being so inaccurate. Sadly that is about the level of accuracy that this program has. Even minor things like cops wearing their radios upside down and switched off while at an incident are glaringly apparent. As for any sort of realistic approach to how an ied would be dealt with, forget it! It's all dismissed for the sake of "drama".
The Gallows Pole (2023)
Painful to watch!
This had so much potential but I couldn't take any more after 15 minutes of appalling acting, wooden doesn't begin to describe it! I'm all for giving new talent a break, but there's a clue in the word "talent". The opening scene was good with nice cinematography, editing and sound but from there it went downhill rapidly. The acting is so poor I was starting to wonder if it was a parody or if I had mistakenly watched the wrong program. There's some beautiful scenery and locations which could well feature later on, but I'm afraid for me the acting made it painful watching. If the BBC paid more than £10 for this, they were robbed.