The true-crime drama continues as, three decades on, DNA technology gives DCI Paul Bethell (Philip Glenister) a second chance to crack the unsolved murders from 1973. His first trip is on the Manx Electric Railway to the island’s ancient seat of parliament, the Tynwald, in Douglas. Michael Portillo invites us on a new 20-part adventure around the shores of the British Isles, beginning on the Isle of Man (a popular destination today – see Maryland, left). But, with Roman (Kieran Culkin) preparing to make his elegy a personal bid for power, will the stench of corruption over their intervention in the presidential election give Matsson (Alexander Skarsgård) a chance to seize the moment? The series’ penultimate episode finds the Roy clan gathering for Logan’s lavish funeral. Tonight’s opener takes us back 66 million years to the Cretaceous period, when bizarre creatures such as the Hatzegopteryx dominated seas and skies. GOĭavid Attenborough is again at the helm as five new episodes launch (one each night this week) of the stunningly realistic CGI series that recreates and offers fresh insights into the lives of dinosaurs. There’s class in the supporting cast too, with nice turns from Stockard Channing and Hugh Quarshie. Jones and Best’s portrayal of their fractious relationship is skilful enough to keep us gripped while the layers of their mother’s deceit unfold.
So, the focus in tonight’s opening episode (of three, which are all available on ITVX tonight) is on Becca and Rosaline – the former somewhat downtrodden and put-upon, the latter who’s escaped to career success in London at the cost, apparently, of her empathy. What they discover about their mother, thrown together on a trip to Douglas to identify her body, has to emerge slowly for this emotionally grippy drama to work. But that’s not an option immediately available to semi-estranged sisters Becca (Suranne Jones) and Rosaline (Eve Best) when police call to inform them that their mother – who told them she was holidaying in Wales – has been found dead on a beach on the Isle of Man. What would you do if you discovered your ordinary, seemingly unexceptional mother had been living a double life (of comparative luxury) for years without your knowledge? Well, you might expect some support from your sibling for one thing.
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