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before news of allegations against its star, Noel Clarke, broke, it annoyed me a little. Mainly because of chances wasted. We’ve had the thrills of the lengthy interview technique, evinced in Criminal but most superbly in Line of Duty; we’ve had the forensic anthropologists celebrated in Silent Witness: even recently (in Intruder), the lowly family liaison officer. Now was surely the time for those stout souls of 24-hour surveillance teams to be given their midnight in the sun. And yet Clarke’s DC Martin Young made so many mistakes in his Manchester stakeout flat, directly opposite ...
Source: theguardian.com