Red Election

This series was addictive and thrilling. I loved the lead characters except for the somewhat mawkish PM. The writing has a lot to be admired and the acting was generally great (IMHO and in contrast to most reviews here - perhaps other reviewers are American?). I was on the edge of my seat and really looked forward to each episode. The accents were fine for me and I liked both the female leads. That's the good news. The downsides included irritating plot holes, an MI5 staffed by half a dozen people (including two boy nerds who were the entire IT, communications and research staff), a nuclear power station that had less monitoring and control (and staff) than the average home, and a totally unsatisfactory ending. We can only assume a second series is planned to tie up the flapping strands, but looking at these comments you'd have to wonder if that's likely. I hope there is!

PS 'Le Bureau' was as thrilling and has a much better and more believable script.