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First Class British Television moreCast
(Credited cast) | James Frain | ... | Lorimer Black |
 | Catherine McCormack | ... | Flavia |
 | Stephen Rea | ... | Hogg |
 | Hugh Bonneville | ... | Torquil Helvoir Jayne |
 | James Fox | ... | Sir Simon Sherrifmuir |
| Neil Pearson | ... | Rintoul |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Gillian Barge | ... | Mother |
| Andy Beckwith | ... | Trev |
| John Bennett | ... | Father |
| Suzanne Burden | ||
| Billie Cook | ... | Mercy |
| Ron Cook | ... | Phil |
| Joe Gunn | ... | Sholto |
| Jonathan Hackett | ... | Home |
| Caroline Harker | ... | Binnie |
 | Tom Hiddleston | ... | Toby Sherrifmuir |
| Louis Hilyer | ... | Rappaport |
| Jane How | ||
 | Aaron Johnson | ... | Young Lorimer Black |
| Paterson Joseph | ... | Alan |
 | Branka Katic | ... | Irina |
 | Ian McNeice | ... | Ivan |
| Stephen Moore | ... | Gale |
| Conor Mullen | ... | Bram |
| Trevor Peacock | ... | Marlobe |
 | Georgina Rylance | ... | Amabel |
| Bridget Turner | ... | Grandmother |
| Stewart Wright | ... | Marius Van Meer |
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"Armadillo" is one of those rarities in which the screen version of an excellent novel actually lives up to the original text. This is no doubt due to the fact that William Boyd adapted the script from his own novel of the same name and that Boyd is also no stranger to script writing, having penned "Chaplin", "A Good Man in Africa" and "The Trench".
The cast is first class, a who's who of film and television, with standout performances from James Frain, Stephen Rea and Trevor Peacock (also excellent in another great TV show "The Underworld"). The plot, far from being cliched or contrived, is actually quite complex, with a mix of dodgy geezers including shady loss adjusters, even shadier insurance companies, cowboy builders, Romanian gipsies and a half-mad juggler who's convinced his wife is cheating on him.
The photography is impressive with some good shots of London which appears dark and intimidating but also sparkling with affluence.
"Armadillo" shows just how good British television can be with the right material and a good cast - in other words someone showing a bit of imagination and ambition rather than pitching yet another boring hospital or detective series.