Somehow the people behind this program have entirely missed what makes a drama work, and what makes their chosen setting work. Re the latter: in the short space of time in which this show takes place, the writers try to stuff about ten years of events that might happen to one paper. It's totally unbelievable. Additionally, the supposedly professional reporters keep leaving all their most important papers in front of their rivals who can thus subvert them -- which leads to the point about how badly the writers misunderstand drama. Instead of a show driven by character, this show is driven by coincidence, overheard conversations, and papers that are constantly being left behind. Each of the six episodes has several plot points, and the characters are forced to get there even when it makes absolutely no sense. (In fact, throughout the series timing seems to be something that no one cares about -- things happen in the space of minutes rather than hours, or in days rather than years; most weirdly: a character who gets divorced and then finds a new partner in what seems to be less than a week.) All in all, this is a sloppy, badly produced show that wastes its very talented cast -- especially Ben Chaplin, who is wonderfully evil throughout.
