Review of Black Earth Rising

With a very intriguing and original plot waiting to unravel before us, this must be one of the best new dramas I've enjoyed this year. Dealing with war crimes in Rwanda and the DR of Congo, top London prosecutor, played by the excellent Harriet Walter has been chosen to lead the prosecution at the Hague International Court of Justice. . . After watching to the end, I had ceased to care what happened to the lead character. The lead actor overacted so much that it was painful to watch her bombastic behaviour. We had to watch 5 characters vomit - separately and on quite different occasions - as a result of being shocked or otherwise affected by something that happened! The editor should have reminded the writer that there are other ways to show people's emotion than them throwing-up! Two men and 3 women vomited on screen - which is far too many and started getting very repetitive. The suspense was strung along far too long and when the truth was revealed it was a let-down because of the plot being so incredibly convoluted and depressing. Different people were seriously ilI, but not because of any valid reason connected to the plot. In the end I just thought 'Well, why the heck did they keep it a secret from her for so long??" LOL! Disappointing treatment of a very important subject many of us would have liked to understand better.