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Anyone see this last night? Basically, well meaning but slightly naive blonde West Kensington posh girl is asked by BBC to take on firearm-brandishing Peckham street robber just out of jail and get him on the straight and narrow with the aid of companionship, employment and character-building weekends in the country.

I normally don't go for these 'socially-relevant' fly-on-the-wall things but something about this particular pairing intrigued and depressed me. It was like the two of them couldn't relate to each other's worlds AT ALL.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 16 April 2004 13:30 (twenty-two years ago)

And yet I hear the guy is actually on the straight and narrer these days.

― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 16 April 2004 13:31 (twenty-two years ago)

I found it enthralling. It pressed all my buttons. I disagree that they couldn't relate at all.

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 16 April 2004 13:34 (twenty-two years ago)

how did he get the opportunity? Crook Idol?

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 16 April 2004 13:36 (twenty-two years ago)

initially i had that Dailymailesque 'bah i don't see why he should get to be on TV' thing but if it worked then fair nuff.

i flicked over to Murder City on ITV starring Darren Day as a nasty killer.

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 16 April 2004 13:38 (twenty-two years ago)

ha ha, it was Bradley Walsh, not Darren Day

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 16 April 2004 13:39 (twenty-two years ago)

I saw the ad and *KNEW* that I would haaaate it, so we watched cartoons on DVD instead.

― Super-Kate (kate), Friday, 16 April 2004 13:39 (twenty-two years ago)

It was really fucking good. She wasn't the clueless fuck you'd guess at all. She illustrated the best of the private school system, in my opinion.

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 16 April 2004 13:41 (twenty-two years ago)

N - I didn't mean they couldn't relate to each other, it was obvious there was a connection of some sort between them early on, but it was like she'd never been to Peckham, he'd never been to West London, they couldn't identify with the culture surrounding each other.

I thought the biggest flaw in the programme was how they didn't actually show him rehabilitated at all, they just left it with him having spent the money he was supposed to have paid off the fine with, and then went "well, he's okay now, take our word for it".

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 16 April 2004 13:44 (twenty-two years ago)

My favourite bit was when he dropped the empty takeaway on the ground, she had a go at him and he went "it's not my fault, I'm a product of society".

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 16 April 2004 13:45 (twenty-two years ago)

I agree about the flaw. It just jumped to a happy ending with no explanation.

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 16 April 2004 14:09 (twenty-two years ago)

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