I didn’t really see where new BBC drama The Control Room (BBC1, Sun-Tues, 9pm) was going at the start.
And all the way through, you could never quite be sure of the characters’ motives. Was Gabe really such an innocent abroad, given flashbacks indicated a pre-pubescent fascination with matches?
Was Samantha, Gabe’s lost childhood love, really an abused woman, desperate to escape a doomed relationship? It had a sort of propulsive momentum, which meant it kept you on the edge of you seat. And it was possible to come up with a number of possible endings, but the climax didn’t feel forced or obvious.
Three hours flew by, and if you didn’t know where it was going at the start – I even toyed with time travel at one point – you could really enjoy the journey.I did not have high hopes for
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