The Sandbaggers, Series 1
medium(s): tv |
date reviewed: 3 February 2023
rating: ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤
I only learned about The Sandbaggers last weekend, on an episode of The Incomparable, but I watched the entire first series this week—and loved it. It isn’t perfect: There’s too much 1970s casual misogyny for it to be self-critical in the same way that a modern show set in the 70s would be, and the brown face in one episode is also embarassing. Not setting those aside, I was still impressed with the way the show combined the bumbling hypocrisy of Yes, Minister; the self-serving internal politics of Slow Horses; and the cynical despair of Le CarrĂ© into a single, compelling show.
similar posts:
📚 bookblog: Slow Horses (❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤)
📺 tvblog: ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 for Slow Horses (Season 2)
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Over a decade ago, when I was discovering British TV, I imagined a ridiculous hypothetical crossover of all my favorite shows. For example, Sir Humphrey from ‘Yes, Minister’ turned out to be the Master from ‘Doctor Who.’
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