I would highly reccommend this program, even to typically cynical people. Give it a chance and its a compelling watch. Well done to everyone involved! Let’s hope there’s more of the same quality TV from E4 at some point.

I agree with Keith Emmerson’s comparison between this, Dead Set, Heroes(sh#t), Shameless. It’s also similar to Red Riding (not just because of the inclusion of Sheenan).

ps Like ‘jolinda’ I wonder if Keith Emmerson realises that a suprising amount of TV programs use actors to portray characters.

“In this television programme, a number of actors pretend to possess a different personality to their own, in a number of staged situations and circumstances. Their words are also not their own, they are given to them beforehand by the aforementioned writer, Howard Overman.”

No! You don’t say! I thought all TV shows were real! I had no idea the people were just actors pretending and all the lines were staged! When I watched Misfits, I thought they really did get struck by lightning and develop powers!

Also, the genre of a film or show has nothing to do with how realistic it is. Have you ever seen Rocky? The fight scenes are completely symbolic and go by in this lyrical haze–not realistic at all although the genre is a reality-based one. Compare that to Aliens. It’s hard core, action-filled, machine gunning fun time, no hazy lyrical dissolves symbolizing triumph over adversity, just realistic kicking butt. The genre does not place a limit on how realistic (or unrealistic) a show can be.