New Blood

2016
7.3| 0h30m| TV-PG| en| More Info
Released: 09 June 2016 Ended
Producted By: BBC
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03vfqsq
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Two junior investigators come together against a new breed of criminal, the uber rich and powerful corporations, individuals and governments who hide behind legitimate facades.

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callowman Eagerly waiting for S2 but have not heard anything? I found the show to be well acted, intelligent, good comedy moments, and it kept my attention.where is Series 2 ???????????
adrian.chell Two young investigators, one an ambitious junior police officer, the other an unconventional fraud investigator, team up to solve cases that - by miraculous coincidence - always seem to straddle both their areas of responsibility.As a one-off, the coincidence might be acceptable, but the entire series uses the same conceit, so it becomes entirely unconvincing. Equally unconvincing is that either of the heroes wouldn't be fired or prosecuted, or both, for their antics in solving the crimes.The series is aiming for the comedy-drama approach, but every gag is beaten to death by repetition: the heroes are hugely competitive, so are forever challenging one another to races or other contests; one wants to date the other's sister and the brother doesn't approve; one keeps getting the other into trouble of both the perilous and job-risking variety, but somehow they both survive; they barely get on, but are trying to buy a flat together, and so on.Only the villains make the programme worth watching at all, and some of them are rubbish (I'm looking at you flat cap-wearing hit-man).The chemistry between the leads is non-existent, the plots make too much use of coincidence and the decent actors in the supporting cast are wasted by being portrayed as two-dimensional.Watch something else.
Paul Evans You could tell after watching this for a bit that it was penned by Anthony Horowitz, it's wonderfully creative, energetic and loaded with humour, he's a terrific writer.It's two young stars, Mark Strepan and Ben Tavassoli are excellent, they both bring heaps of exuberance to the show. Some great experienced actors, Mark Addy, Anna Chancellor and Dorian Lough, all add something special, it's a great character driven series.On the whole the quality of each episode is very good, the opening part I have to say was outstanding, it worked as a great hook. There's enough mileage for more episodes, I'm just not sure we'll get more.Very good, very watchable. 8/10
nellypitt I have to say this new series is refreshingly different in the way in which it is filmed. Very quirky, fast, day to night scenes of London and the accompanying music was great. I also LOVE the opening song, Rag 'n Bone Man by Wolves. Gutsy, bluesy heavy, excellent choice. The two actors who take much of the lead, Mark Strepan and Ben Tavassoli are not only lovely to look at, they are also great at what they do and their developing relationship is at times funny and touching and at times serious and convincing. I love them! The first series focuses on a murder which happened in India some years previously. The two cops have to seek a way to work together to find out the connection between what happened in India and what has happened to several people, now dead in London in the present date. All is intricately bound up in a pharmaceutical war between two companies. I think it's a great series and I would not be surprised if it doesn't gather a young following, a bit like Being Human, it has the same unique feel about it. Well done BBC!