Violence by numbers

At first, The Jetty, a BBC drama starring Jenna Coleman, seems vaguely plausible: OK acting, atmospheric locations, the odd quirk (the plot features Japanese knotweed, which will endear it to the Daily Mail, a newspaper lately obsessed with the alien invader, even as it has a breakdown over the scen...

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Published inNew statesman (1996) Vol. 153; no. 5774; pp. 48 - 49
Main Author Cooke, Rachel
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London New Statesman, Ltd 19.07.2024
New Statesman Ltd
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Gender-based violence
Television program reviews
Television programs
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Summary:At first, The Jetty, a BBC drama starring Jenna Coleman, seems vaguely plausible: OK acting, atmospheric locations, the odd quirk (the plot features Japanese knotweed, which will endear it to the Daily Mail, a newspaper lately obsessed with the alien invader, even as it has a breakdown over the scene in a which a schoolgirl does something very rude to a horse). Amy vanished 17 years ago, a cold case Manning wants to crack, possibly because she has just found a photo of her own late husband, Malachy, with Amy (it was in a shoebox, natch). Cat Jones, its creator, is keen to reveal her amazing discovery that, even "post #MeToo", misogyny is still all around if you look beneath the carpet, and the BBC is thrilled to be able to deliver a dramatic dispatch from the outer reaches of civilisation (or somewhere, possibly Bacup).
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ISSN:1364-7431
1758-924X