kitellis-98121 Pretty formulaic stuff here, nicely made in a picturesque Lake District location. It kept my attention throughout, but failed to offer any particular thrills or surprises. It did raise my blood pressure on a number of occasions though, albeit unintentionally. Mainly because it failed to offer any likeable characters to root for. By the fourth episode I was pretty much hoping that every single person in it would die a horrible death - which I suspect was not the intention of the show. Still, the one character I didn't loathe - the young boy - gave a solid and believable performance, which actually eclipsed all of the more experienced adult talent, with the exception of Christopher E, who gave his usual strong but by-the-numbers turn. Fairly typical ITV drama. Not great, not terrible.

James Smith Given the strength of the lead actors and the crux of the story - setting up a Safe House in the country, I watched the first episode and part of the second. A little way through the second, I started to wonder why I was still watching? It was so slow. The bad guy appeared to be able to do anything he liked, and I could sense that somehow he was going to find the Safe House. I just wasn't prepared to sit through another two episodes to see this happen. Maybe this just wasn't to my taste? I guess the main thing that got me was the story. Everything else seemed OK. However, as the story is the equivalent of the brick walls to a house, this one fell down very quickly.

nigel-ward2 I was really enjoying the plot and potential twists,the story line addressed some good real life scenarios with a dramatic effect which would of gripped many people, however the final episode was unrealistic in so many ways and so poorly constructed,the ending was particularly poor. The acting was good and the scenery was spectacular set in a beautiful part of England I felt really let down by the fourth episode and indeed questioned whether that was the end and subsequently wished I hadn't wasted my time. This type of series seems to be on the up, however I like a real conclusion that is believable in some way, this was not. Would not watch a second season based on the ending here.

Jackson Booth-Millard I saw the adverts for this four part drama, the former Doctor Who star and one of the co-stars I recognised was a good reason to watch, and it looked it could be a good thing as well. Basically former police detective Robert (Christopher Eccleston) had a witness in his care, but she was shot dead one night, he also took a bullet and has been struggling with guilt ever since. Following this Robert and his wife Katy (Marsha Thomason) gave up their lives in the big city, to purchase and run a guest house in the Lake District, it was his old boss DCI Mark Maxwell (Peep Show's Paterson Joseph) that suggested that the building could be used as a safe house. Mark sends Robert the Blackwell family, who are being stalked by a man called Michael (Peter Ferdinando), who tried to kidnap their youngest son Joe (Max True), the father David (Jason Merrells) is a former prison officer who has suspended from work for reasons unknown, and estranged from his eldest son Sam (James Burrows) who has abandoned university and is living rough in his car. As time passes the criminal slowly follows the trail to try and find the Blackwells, the family find it difficult to keep up the pretence of being holidaymakers, using new identities, not communicating with the outside world, and generally worrying for their safety, especially wife/mother Ali (Nicola Stephenson) and teenage daughter Louisa (Harriet Cains), and Robert still haunted by his past is, at the same time as protecting the family, trying to find out more about how and why his witness was shot dead. Also starring Christine Tremarco as Becky, Kelly Harrison as Susan Reynolds, Nicholas Moss as Ben and Sarah Smart as Megan. Eccleston does well as the man protecting the family and doing a little investigation as well, Joseph is interesting as his suspicious but reliable boss, and Ferdinando when he comes on is a good threatening villain, the best scenes are when you thin the family will caught, some of the flashbacks to the night of the shooting, and of course the finale, involving a car chase and crash, followed by an execution, I'm not sure it was the most gripping thing, but in general it was a worthwhile crime drama. Good!