Boat Story

I usually watch bbc dramas and enjoy them but this wasn’t for me. I watched the first part wasn’t very impressed but thought I would give the second part a chance no it was too violent and rather gory so deleted it but I will praise KIN which was on Saturday night I’ve binge watched it on red button and I’m hooked it’s gory but believable can’t wait for part 2 👍

Going to watch it because I’ve been told there’s a whippet in it…

I haven't watched this at all but now that I know the dishy Tcheky Karyo is in it, I might change my mind!

I flicked through it and was dismayed to see yet another series which is dark, gory and violent. As if we don't get enough on the news. Or maybe people are so used to blood and guts they just expect to see that in every drama series, along with swearing of course, mustn't forget that. I just wonder who is working at the BBC these days, who commissions and creates these dreadful things. We deserve so much better.

MayBee70

Going to watch it because I’ve been told there’s a whippet in it…

For about 5 seconds. I think there was a glimpse of it in the back of a car.

Another good gritty drama is Kin on Iplayer

We lasted 10 minutes before finding something else to watch. Far too violent. We then started Kin. We lasted a little bit longer with it but it went the same way. Who are the people that write these things, who are the people who direct, produce and act in these productions? Is it any wonder there is so much violence in the world we now live in? I dispare.

Tcheky Karyo Plays a baddie and doesn’t look nearly as lovely
I m afraid * humptydumpty*

I’m enjoying this; dark and different but those are good recommendations in my book.

Watched first one and half of the other, far too violent for me, shame as I'd like to find out if they get away with the drugs haul but it's more like a Quentin Tarratino movie and the tongue thing was sickening

Me too Ruby Song

Must be me!! But I found the gore and violence so ITT that it felt it was more comedic and they stuck a few more nasties in to 'prove' it was really bad! Not the way it was meant to be, however I find SIN violence and nasty people more believable.

It’s very bloody.
Good cast and we are hooked now!
Brilliant performances and it is abit different …

I wanted to watch it as a friend of mine is in it (only as an extra), but I could not get into it at all.

TanaMa
It was listed as a dark comedy. So they achieved what they set out to do 😊

Tried to watch it but dark comedy isn’t my cup of tea. Far too gory. Tongues chopped out, bodies chopped up and burned. Ooh no!

I watched the first 2 episodes, and then gave up.....too gory, too "back and forth" too complicated for me and I love a murder/ mystery show. I sort of lost track half way through episode 2, so decided no more, I'll look for something else to watch.
A disappointment for me from the BBC, after the marvellous "Time" that was on the other week, that was a great series and really enjoyed.

I am enjoying it. The violence is so extreme that I have become immune to it, almost like a pastiche of a Sam Peckinpah film ( remember Salad days, the Monty Python spoof?). I really like 'The Tailor', the actor was really good as Baptiste.

Watched one and a half episodes of Boat Story, thought it was darkly funny at first but got fed up with it during that silly village hall musical. I won't bother with the rest. Didn't even attempt to watch Kin. Sick of feuding families!
But I agree, The Newsreader is great.

I loathe violence in any form. Aren’t there enough horrors on the news? I did watch it up to the tongue cutting and that was enough. How that is ever considered entertaining is totally beyond me. Could scenes like this have anything to do with this cruel violent world we now inhabit?

It wasn't the violence that put me off so much as the sudden silliness when the actors started singing in the theatre production. What was all that about?

I haven't watched it but apparently some of it was filmed in our village high street.

The trailer didn’t inspire me, so haven’t watched yet. Might get it on iPlayer. Chestnut, you’re so right about The Newsreader.
From Australia. I’m almost at the end of the second series. There are a number of good dramas from Australia. Five Bedrooms was particularly enjoyable, also the recent Black Snow.

I tuned in for Daisy Haggard, who I love. But aside from the gore, the story is trying too hard to be a homage to other genres. Recommend Daisy in Back to Life. Funny and poignant. Think still on iPlayer.

Not for me - I enjoyed Missing and the Tourist - this is just unpleasant and weird