Supposedly this could be a very real threat in the near future and the programme depicted the event through the eyes of several characters in a very impressive and understandable way. From the mother and child to the Tom Good character, it provided the stark truth of life in such an event.
Using camera footage and and real life footage we were left feeling pretty much repulsed by what could and indeed what did happen with regard the 2011 riots. So much footage from those riots was used, it could have been hard to have even made the programme effectively without them. However before them riots, maybe a drama like this would have been less effective. Since them though, we "the normal" people can really see how truly close we are to anarchy in the UK.
The key character was indeed the person who was most prepared for this event. Providing for his family in a most complete way, everyone watching knew from the outset that he was going to the target from the desperate and undesirables of the world. His decent from always prepared scout mentality to looter and effective thug depicted well that to be honest you might as well not bother being ready.
Keeping it real throughout we were offered snippets of facts, generally showing how unprepared we truly are for such an event. Whether this could be suggested as scaremongering or not could be up to the viewer. The fact that the batteries in the hospital only last thirty minutes could probably be the most concern. Even my old Samsung phone lasted longer than that.
The cast, as is the case in these programmes, were generally unknowns and in the main were impressive enough, although the girl in the hospitals make-up was perhaps more dynamic than the performance. The pacing was excellent, with the final half hour "containing very strong language" giving a good pay-off for the gradual build-up of the first hour.
Overall though, it was a valiant attempt and was disturbing enough and in one particular case at the end, shocking enough to live up to the billing.
*****
An exclusive still from a deleted scene from Channel 4 docudrama #blackout pic.twitter.com/BPNm7lr8cO
— A Small Mind (@asmallmind) September 9, 2013
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