Urmstongran
This, from today’s review in the Telegraph:
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Director and executive producer Phil Barantini worked in a kitchen for 12 years, so take it from him that this is realistic. A Telegraph colleague who began his career in one of Marcus Wareing’s restaurants confirms that it is. It’s an exhausting watch, although the second episode does quieten things down (all four are available on iPlayer).
Sometimes we leave the kitchen to dip into the characters’ home lives, although happiness is in short supply: mental illness, anxiety and alcoholism all feature, and the low wages paid to kitchen porters leads two of them into trouble. And don’t expect the nervous tension to let up just because we’re away from the restaurant. Episode three features a car journey that will have you biting your nails to the skin.
Graham appears intermittently, a lonely figure brooding at home in his dressing gown and thinking wistfully of the career he has lost. But it’s a sign of Boiling Point’s quality that it can sideline Britain’s best actor and still prove to be one of the best shows of the year.“
THIS!
By episode 3 I was hooked!
