Believe Me (ITV Drama)
Discussion
We binge watched it over two nights and generally enjoyed it.
At the time Warboys was operative my wife was going out drinking with her mates in London fairly frequently, they were very aware of there being a dodgy cabbie about and never travelled solo in a black cab.
Having watched the final episode last night covering the legal challenge to Warboys' parole, with David Gauke revoking it as Justice Secretary I was left wondering how accurately they handled the Carrie Symonds/Johnson level of influence.
It was played in the scene as if Symonds just gave Gauke a copy of The Times with a piece she wrote in it and that was it, but my understanding is that she got Michael Gove to lean heavily on Gauke, as one is able to do when having an extra-marital affair with the then PM.
I felt that aspect was somewhat glossed over and, were it not for accident of circumstances as to who Carrie Symonds ended up becoming, then Warboys would probably out by now.
A classic case of "it's not what you know but who you know".
At the time Warboys was operative my wife was going out drinking with her mates in London fairly frequently, they were very aware of there being a dodgy cabbie about and never travelled solo in a black cab.
Having watched the final episode last night covering the legal challenge to Warboys' parole, with David Gauke revoking it as Justice Secretary I was left wondering how accurately they handled the Carrie Symonds/Johnson level of influence.
It was played in the scene as if Symonds just gave Gauke a copy of The Times with a piece she wrote in it and that was it, but my understanding is that she got Michael Gove to lean heavily on Gauke, as one is able to do when having an extra-marital affair with the then PM.
I felt that aspect was somewhat glossed over and, were it not for accident of circumstances as to who Carrie Symonds ended up becoming, then Warboys would probably out by now.
A classic case of "it's not what you know but who you know".
Milkyway said:
Daniel Mays is brilliant as the sinister Worboys.
But, after watching the first episode, I found the other main characters pretty wooden.
Gritty, but lacking emotion & a rather laid back reactions to the event.
Episodes two... a lot better.
Daniel Mays is great in a lot of stuff. I'll have to give this a try. But, after watching the first episode, I found the other main characters pretty wooden.
Gritty, but lacking emotion & a rather laid back reactions to the event.
Episodes two... a lot better.
Edited by Milkyway on Tuesday 12th May 11:23
BBC News - Black-cab rapist John Worboys denied parole for second time
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czx2pez42zqo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czx2pez42zqo
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