Nothing worked. The drama didn't work. The humour didn't work. The love story didn't work. Worst of all, some great talent - Vicky Maclure, Martin Freeman, Maxine Peake, Michael Smiley - could do very little with such a poor script and production values. At times it was excruciatingly bad when clearly meant to be funny. At others it was just plain boring. A big disappointment. At least it was mercifully short. 4 out of ten
Review of Svengali
