Roadkill

DEBORAH ROSS: Helen McCrory’s a marvel in Roadkill on BBC1… but did David Hare do any research? 

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Roadkill Sunday, BBC1 Rating: DNA Saturday, BBC4 Rating: Roadkill, the latest political thriller from David Hare, stars Hugh Laurie as shady Tory Minister Peter Laurence and Helen McCrory as the Prime Minister, and both are so wonderful and mesmerising and terrific that if I had my way, I’d cut everyone else out, and all the … Read more

BBC’s political drama Roadkill is slammed for ‘left-wing bias’

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The BBC‘s new political drama Roadkill was today slammed for its ‘left-wing bias’ as calls grew for a new chairman who will stop the broadcaster ‘disappearing in a puff of woke smoke’. The drama sees Hugh Laurie playing corrupt Tory government minister Peter Laurence, who in the first episode is seen lying in court during … Read more