I came across Bancroft by accident one evening December 2018, a year after its first broadcast. I'd never heard of it so had no preconception of what it was about. I'd missed the first twenty or so minutes yet it had me hooked right the way to the end of the fourth episode and left me eagerly anticipating the second series.
Here was a fearsome female character who was prepared to go to any lengths to save her career and avoid prison, and nobody was going to get in her way. Sarah Parish was excellent in the lead role and ably assisted by her supporting cast but make no bones about it, this is Parish's show. She totally inhabited the character. I don't think anybody else could have done as good a job as she did.
It's also credit to the writer that she created a script that kept me on my toes right until the end and left me wanting more when it all finished. At no point do you take a particular ending for granted as the action swings backwards and forwards, pushing your thoughts in one direction before pulling them back the opposite way.
Excellent writing , excellent acting, excellent production. Gripping stuff all round.
Here was a fearsome female character who was prepared to go to any lengths to save her career and avoid prison, and nobody was going to get in her way. Sarah Parish was excellent in the lead role and ably assisted by her supporting cast but make no bones about it, this is Parish's show. She totally inhabited the character. I don't think anybody else could have done as good a job as she did.
It's also credit to the writer that she created a script that kept me on my toes right until the end and left me wanting more when it all finished. At no point do you take a particular ending for granted as the action swings backwards and forwards, pushing your thoughts in one direction before pulling them back the opposite way.
Excellent writing , excellent acting, excellent production. Gripping stuff all round.