junglemama-jm The best part of this show was David Bowie's Five Years. In fact, just listen to the song and do something else for about six hours.

estronbase I thought this was going to be science fiction but it is not.The fictional impending disaster seems only to have been included to allow for extreme violence and cruelty. That is what this is all about.I really wish I had not watched this.On a positive note, what an impressive performance from Aisling Bea who, for me, was, until now, only a brilliant stand-up comedian.

livinglifing It's got to the point where I will no longer even give any offering a chance if this guy is in it. I had to bribe my wife into trying this show because I liked the premise... she dislikes this no-talent even more than I do. I gave it a five because everyone else was solid, including supporting roles behind the scenes. If you can somehow tolerate Sturgess (bless you), the show is worth a try.

nhkerr I have never understood why people are so quick to jump to the 1/10 score. The 1970 Film 'Trog', arguably one of the worst films ever made, gets an average of 3.6 so, even if you are hyper critical of some of the shortcomings of this series, it is clearly not 1/10. Without giving another plot synopsis, the story is a London police drama underpinned by the knowledge of the protagonists, of the inevitable extinction of life on earth in 5 years. I tend to be quite critical of procedurals that have outlandish and unbelievable plot elements. With this one though, as long as you buy the main premise (and that requires a certain suspension of disbelief), the extremity of the situation takes the focus off most details that could trip up the more nit-picky mind. So I for one was generally swept along. What helps this is the pace and intensity of the programme. It is undoubtedly a high-adrenaline drama, with few gaps to take a breath. The music criticised by some commenters have for being too noisy (really?!) was well matched to the unrelenting tempo of the plot. The casting and acting were both suitable to the drama, with a really convincing performance from Agnyess Deyn. Stylised it certainly was, but it was stylised well, so I really cant see that as a criticism. There were a few niggles. I don't think the editing was brilliant. The various serial killer sub-plots were very variable in detail and the one in the last episode seemed almost throw-away. I got the feeling that they had had to scrunch the series down to 6 episodes having originally filmed for more. Also how silence about such a life ending event could be maintained at all, and the ease with which the newspaper release in the first episode was quashed, strain the credulity a bit. Anyway that's my tuppence worth. There's no accounting for taste, but I wish people would avoid rushing to unnecessarily harsh scoring. It ruins the system as a guide.