The BBC’s brilliant Brink’s-Mat thriller is British TV at its best
profits greatly from its attempts to summon the alchemical atmosphere of 1980s London, the clashes and compromises between hooky upstarts on the make and patrician types keen to maintain their grip on the flow of capital through the capital.
Dominic Cooper, offame, is adept at suggesting the turmoil beneath the smooth surface of the crooked brief, to the degree that one wishes other characters could refrain from spelling out his motivations quite so clearly. Tom Cullen gives a subtle and intelligent performance as the cunning Brummie gold dealer.
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